1968 Map of Mulligan Lake NE

About this map

Beltrami Island State Forest dominates this northern Minnesota landscape, where the headwaters of the Warroad River wind through a dense mosaic of wetlands and timber. Mapped in the late 1960s, the terrain is defined by its isolation and the transition into the Red Lake Indian Reservation along the southern boundary. Human presence is sparse, marked primarily by utilitarian features like several Gravel Pits and the Lookout Tower BM 1208, which provided a critical vantage point for forest fire management. The Bednar Trail and other unnamed tracks offer the only passage through the low-lying boggy areas between Roseau and Lake of the Woods counties. For genealogists and local historians, the Pine Ridge Cem in the northeast corner serves as a significant site of remembrance within this largely undeveloped wilderness.