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1951 Map of Pendills Lake

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Pendills Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Whitefish Bay and the shoreline of Lake Superior dominate this 1951 survey, capturing the transition from the lake's depths to the dense woodlands of the Upper Peninsula. Along the coast, Lake Shore Drive provides the primary access to recreation areas like Bayview Camp Grounds and the Big Pines Picnic Area. The map reveals a landscape defined by significant water systems, including the inland Pendills Lake and the smaller Avery Lake, which are tucked behind the coastal ridge.

The interior is largely managed as public land, split between the Bay Mills National Forest and the Hiawatha National Forest. These forests are drained by small waterways such as Grant Creek and Pendills Creek, which empty into Pendills Bay near the prominent landmark of Salt Point. The survey preserves the mid-century layout of these recreational and forestry tracts before later developments altered the local infrastructure.