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2019 Map of McKinley

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of McKinley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The Inland Steel Tailings Basin and McKinley Tailings Basin dominate this portion of the Iron Range, illustrating the massive scale of 21st-century taconite mining operations. These industrial features sit alongside the natural contours of Pike Mtn and the Laurentian Divide, where waters split between the Hudson Bay and Lake Superior basins.

Settlements like Virginia, Gilbert, and McKinley are clustered in the southern half of the quadrangle, connected by historical routes like Old Hwy 135. Genealogists may find value in the location of Florenton Cem near Minnesota Highway 169 or the site of Elcor, while outdoor recreation is represented by the Laurentian Snowmobile trail cutting through the Superior National Forest. The geography is defined by the extraction economy, with the Pike River winding through a landscape reshaped by decades of earth-moving.