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1895 Map of Ned Lake

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Ned Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1909
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1909

About this map

The boundary between Baraga County and Iron County serves as the central axis for this late nineteenth-century survey of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways, including the prominent Ned Lake and Shank Lake, which feed into the extensive drainage systems of the Hemlock River and Deer River. At this time, the township of Hematite and the northern portion of Crystal Falls represent the primary political divisions within the Iron County territory.

Industrial development is visible via the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul RR, which cuts through the southwestern corner of the map. This rail line, part of the Superior Division, provided essential transit for the region's emerging resource economies, connecting remote basins like Bone Lake and Deer Lake to wider markets. The transition from the northern L'Anse territory into the southern mineral-rich districts illustrates the early infrastructure of this wooded lake country.