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1965 Map of St. Helen

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of St. Helen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Lake St Helen dominates the northern landscape of this Roscommon County region, featuring distinctive points like Birch Point and Norway Point along its irregular shoreline. The settlement of St Helen serves as a central hub, flanked by the New York Central Railroad and the St Helen Landing Field. The map reveals a transition from these organized settlements and lakefront properties at Artesia Beach into the dense woodlands of the Houghton Lake State Forest.

Logging and transportation history are etched into the terrain through a network of an Old Railroad Grade and numerous forest tracks. Genealogists and local historians can locate established burial grounds including Fairview Cem and Maple Valley Cem, while the interior landscape is dotted with smaller water bodies like Ninemile Lake and Indian Springs. The presence of a Lookout Tower and several gravel pits indicates the active management and resource utilization within the state forest during the mid-1960s.