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2011 Map of Little Bowstring Lake

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Little Bowstring Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Suomi serves as the primary settlement in this lake-dominated landscape of northern Minnesota. This 2011 survey illustrates a region defined by an intricate network of waterways and glacial depressions, ranging from the large expanse of Little Bowstring Lake in the northwest to the complex shoreline of Moose Lake and Little Moose Lake further south. The map provides essential detail for local historians, identifying the Suomi Cemetery and the Day Lake Lookout Tower, a site once critical for fire detection in the surrounding timberlands.

Road systems like County Hwy 48 and Orange Lake Rd connect numerous smaller basins such as Maki Lake, Island Lake, and Cranberry Lake. Near the southern edge, the Deer Lake Dam regulates water levels where Deer River intersects the larger lakes. This survey captures the rural character of the area, where residential development is concentrated along named routes like Krantz Dr and Woodland Dr, leaving much of the terrain to its natural aquatic state.