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1970 Map of Little Bowstring Lake, 1985 Print
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1970 Map of Little Bowstring Lake

USGS Topo · Published 1985

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Suomi serves as the primary settlement hub in this 1970 orthophotomap, which blends aerial photography with traditional topographic contours to show the lake-strewn wilderness of Itasca County. The landscape is dominated by the overlapping boundaries of the Chippewa National Forest and Bowstring State Forest, where a dense network of water bodies includes Little Bowstring Lake, Grave Lake, and Day Lake. This period of forest management is evidenced by the Day Lake Lookout Tower and infrastructure like the Surprise Lake Roadside Park. Transportation through the timberlands is marked by the presence of a Railroad and a designated Grade, reflecting the logging history and recreational development of the era. The photographic base layer provides an exceptional record of vegetation patterns and wetland fringes around lakes such as Cranberry Lake and Mystery Lake, revealing the fine-grained texture of the north woods terrain before later shoreline developments.

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Map Details

Date Portrayed1970
Date Published1985
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:24,000
Physical Dimensions21.53 x 27.23 inches

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SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain