2013 Map of Strathcona

About this map

Strathcona serves as the central point of interest in this 2013 survey of the borderlands between Roseau and Marshall counties. The landscape is defined by the rigid precision of the Public Land Survey System, with gravel roads like 120th St and 190th Ave creating a geometric grid across the flat terrain. Local history is anchored by several rural burial grounds, including Bethlehem Cem in the northwest and Poplar Grove Cem to the east, which suggest the early settlement patterns of these farming townships. Water management is a primary feature of the region, evidenced by the extensive Judicial Ditch Number Nineteen and the naturally low-lying Thompsons Slough. The village of Strathcona itself remains concentrated near the Po and the junction of MN-32, which bisects the map as a major north-south transit corridor.