2019 Map of Skull Lake

About this map

McKinley Cem stands in the northern reaches of this Kittson County landscape, a vital point of reference for genealogists researching families of the far northwest corner of Minnesota. The terrain is defined by a meticulous system of water management, illustrated by the presence of State Ditch Number Eightyfour and State Ditch Number Eightyfive, which cut across the prairie to manage the low-lying wetlands. The natural course of the N Br Two Rivers meanders through the southern sections, contrasting with the rigid grid of the Public Land Survey System. A network of rural routes, including Co Rd 51 and 360th St, provides access to the scattered farms and fields that characterize this late-20th-century agricultural region near the Canadian border.