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2022 Map of Skull Lake

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Skull Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The low-lying wetlands and hydraulic management of northern Kittson County define this landscape, where early 21st-century topography reveals a heavily engineered drainage system. State Ditch Number Eightyfour and State Ditch Number Eightyfive traverse the township boundaries, illustrating the intensive effort to reclaim this territory for agricultural or transit use. The natural hydrology is still visible in the meandering path of the N Br Two Rivers as it cuts through the southern sections of the quadrangle.

Evidence of early settlement and rural community life persists at McKinley Cem, located along Co Rd 51 near the boundary of T164N R46W. The region is gridded by a network of rural routes including 330th Ave and 360th St, which follow the rigid section lines of the Public Land Survey System. This interplay between the natural prairie wetlands and the structured human imprint of ditches and roads characterizes the remote character of this Minnesota-Manitoba border region.