1954 Map of Rice Lake

About this map

Rice Lake and the rugged coastal lowlands of the Keweenaw Peninsula define this 1954 landscape, which was photorevised in 1975 to capture modern changes. The terrain is a network of drainage and timberland, where Silver Creek and the Traverse River wind through the townships of Sherman, Schoolcraft, and Torch Lake. A sense of the region's industrial past is visible in the Old Railroad Grade cutting across the northern reaches, while Minneyata Camp sits tucked near the eastern shore of the main lake.