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1986 Map of Royston

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Royston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The northern edge of Montmorency County meets Presque Isle Co in this mid-1980s topographical study of a landscape defined by glacial lakes and timberlands. Much of the western half of the sheet is occupied by the Mackinaw State Forest, where water bodies like Lake Ferdelman and Marl Bed Lake appear among complex terrain. The drainage of the North Branch Thunder Bay River and the main Thunder Bay River cut through the central plains, leading toward the small settlements of Quinn and Royston in the east.

Evidence of early industrial and transit history is visible in the Old Railroad Grade tracing through the forest in the northeast. Small-scale resource extraction is noted at a Gravel Pit near the river, while local heritage is anchored by a Cem in the Wellington township area. The map illustrates a quiet rural corner of Northern Michigan just before modern developments further altered the shoreline of larger water bodies like Long Lake.