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1978 Map of Laurium

Name: 1978 Topographic Map of Laurium
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Calumet and Laurium anchor the northern landscape of this Copper Country orthophotoquad, showing the dense grid of these historic mining communities at the end of the 1970s. The imagery reveals the relationship between the upland settlements and the industrial shoreline of Torch Lake to the southeast, where the towns of Lake Linden and Hubbell developed around the stamp mills and reclamation plants that processed local copper ore.

The orthophotograph, produced by the Soil Conservation Service and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, provides a literal visual record of the land use patterns along the Trap Rock River and down to Mason on the shores of Portage Lake. This view captures the footprint of the Keweenaw Peninsula's industrial heritage, from the tightly packed residential streets of the mining towns to the extensive tailings and shoreline modifications that remain visible decades after the peak of the copper boom.