1972 Map of Redby

About this map

Red Lake Indian Reservation dominates this orthophotomap, showing the dense glacial landscape of northern Minnesota in the early 1970s. The community of Redby sits along the southern shore of Lower Red Lake, where the shoreline is precisely documented at the reservoir pool elevation of 1175 feet. This hybrid topographic and aerial view reveals a complex hydrologic network of smaller basins like Lake Shemahgun, Lake Emerald, and Smith Lake interspersed with forest and localized industrial activity marked by several Gravel Pits. South of the Red Lake Indian Reservation Boundary, the terrain transitions into more organized parcels near Rice Lake, Tenmile Lake, and Nebish Lake. The map provides a distinct visual record of the region's timbered wetlands and early road development before significant contemporary changes, capturing the proximity of tribal lands to the larger lakes of Beltrami County.