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1971 Map of Pennington

Name: 1971 Topographic Map of Pennington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Mississippi River winds through this 1970s orthophotomap, connecting a dense network of glacial lakes at the convergence of the Chippewa National Forest and Buena Vista State Forest. The landscape is dominated by the sprawling waters of Cass Lake and Kitchi Lake, where the Knutson Dam Recreation Area marks a critical point of water management along the river's path.

Evidence of local industry and education appears in the small settlement of Pennington and the Field Eagle Center, while several scattered gravel and sandpits indicate the era's ongoing material extraction. The map uniquely layers topographic contours over aerial photography, providing a clear view of the timbered wetlands and the varied shoreline of smaller bodies like Lydick Lake and Schram Lake. Boundary lines for Beltrami, Cass, and Itasca counties meet here, illustrating the complex jurisdictional overlap in this heavily forested region of Northern Minnesota.