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1966 Map of Skull Lake SW

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Skull Lake SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Soo Line tracks cut a straight diagonal across this corner of Kittson County, defining the transportation corridor through Poppleton and Hazelton townships. The landscape is a testament to early 20th-century drainage engineering, where the natural course of the Middle Branch Two Rivers is augmented by an extensive network of man-made waterways including Judicial Ditch No 31, State Ditch, and County Ditch No 23.

Social and economic life is marked by local Townhall sites and resource extraction points like the Sandpit and Gravel Pit. The map meticulously records the intersection of agricultural boundaries and civil townships such as Cannon and Percy, providing a clear view of the rural section-line grid as it functioned in the mid-1960s. Fine dashed lines even indicate the locations of fences and field lines, offering unique detail for those researching property histories.