2019 Map of North Branch

About this map

North Branch and the village of Harris anchor this landscape along the upper reaches of the St. Croix Wild and Scenic River. The map reveals a high density of rural religious and funerary sites, including the Lutheran Church Cem, Mission Covenant Cem, and Trinity Lutheran Cem, which speak to the area's ancestral settlement patterns. The terrain is defined by a complex network of waterways and drainage systems, such as County Ditch Number Nine and County Ditch Number Three, which transformed the low-lying wetlands between Pine Island and the N Br Sunrise River into a managed agricultural grid. The eastern border is dominated by the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, marking the state line between Minnesota and Wisconsin.