1981 Map of Marathon SW

About this map

The Big Eau Pleine Reservoir dominates the southern landscape of this Marathon County region, fed by the winding course of the Big Eau Pleine River. This 1981 survey illustrates a transition between the organized agriculture of townships like Wien, Cassel, and Emmet and the recreational shoreline of Big Eau Pleine County Park. The northern boundary is marked by the C & N W railroad corridor, while the interior is drained by numerous small waterways including Rocky Run, Burns Creek, and Twin Creek. A rural infrastructure is visible through a network of local roads such as Holstein Lane and Sugar Bush Rd, supporting a mix of wooded woodlots and cleared farmstead tracts. The presence of a Quarry in the western section points to the localized extraction activities that complemented the area's primary agricultural and water-management economy during the early 1980s.