2013 Map of Orleans OE N

About this map

The international border between the Canada / United States of America and the northernmost reaches of Minnesota defines this 2013 survey of Kittson Co. The landscape is dominated by a systematic grid of drainage channels and small water bodies characteristic of the Red River Valley's agricultural topography. This map focuses on a sparsely settled region where the primary human footprint is the precise network of section lines and rural roads that organize the land for large-scale farming near the Manitoba border. While modern in its production, the map captures the enduring geometry of the public land survey system that continues to dictate the layout of this remote borderland.