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1986 Map of Silver Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Mackinaw State Forest blankets this northern Michigan landscape, where the tri-county boundary of Cheboygan, Otsego, and Montmorency counties meets in a dense network of timber and water. The Black River meanders through the central terrain, flanked by significant water bodies including Silver Lake, Dollar Lake, and the expansive Foch Lakes Flooding to the south.

Industry and transport footprints are visible through the forest, notably an Old Railroad Grade and a north-south Pipeline corridor. These features, alongside an isolated Oil Well and a remote Landing Strip, indicate a landscape managed for both resource extraction and recreation. The map provides a clear record of the watershed, tracing the headwaters of Stewart Creek and McMasters Creek as they feed the larger river system during the mid-1980s.