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1918 Map of Roosevelt

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Roosevelt
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1918
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1918

About this map

The northern borderlands of Minnesota meet the waters of Lake of the Woods in this 1918 compilation, which captures the region during a period of transition following the drainage surveys of the Ceded Chippewa Lands in 1908. Settlement is concentrated along the Canadian Northern railroad line, where the village of Roosevelt straddles the boundary between Roseau and Beltrami Counties. To the northwest, the settlement of Swift serves as a small rail siding amidst a landscape defined by extensive timber limits and intermittent drainage ditches.

The terrain is characterized by the marshy expanse of Muskeg Bay and the wooded tracts of Laona and Chilgren. While the southern half of the map is dominated by the Clear River and the East Branch Warroad River, the north is defined by the shoreline and offshore features like Gull Rock and Rocky Point. Scattered rural schools and a designated State Road indicate early infrastructure development in this timber-rich territory.