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1954 Map of Martin Lake

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Martin Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Fond Du Lac Indian Reservation and Arrowhead State Forest dominate this mid-century landscape in Northeastern Minnesota. The St Louis River flows across the northern edge of the map, followed closely by the tracks of the Great Northern railroad near the settlement of Brookston. This area is characterized by its dense network of smaller water bodies and wetlands, including Martin Lake, Lost Lake, and Hardwood Lake, which sit amidst a topography defined by glacial landforms and timbered tracts.

Local civic infrastructure is noted by a Town Hall and a Radio Tower north of the central lake. The map also delineates the St Louis Co Carlton Co boundary line, which intersects several prominent drainage features like Stoney Brook. For genealogists and local historians, these detailed boundaries and early transportation routes reveal the spatial organization of the region before modern development altered the forest and reservation borders.