2019 Map of Pigeon Point

About this map

Lake Superior dominates this nautical and borderland landscape, where the waters of the Pigeon River meet the international boundary between Canada and the USA. This unique maritime survey captures the extreme northeastern tip of Minnesota at Pigeon Point, a narrow finger of land extending into the lake. The map illustrates a complex convergence of jurisdictions, showing the meeting point of Cook and Keweenaw Counties as well as the water boundary between Minnesota and Michigan. The topography is defined by the coastal islands and rocky inlets characteristic of this northern shoreline, where the land-based Public Land Survey System grids, such as t64n r7e, transition into the open water. This documentation is essential for understanding the precise geographic limits of state and national sovereignty at the edge of the great lake.