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1968 Map of Stratton

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Stratton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

The Rainy River forms a natural and political boundary in this late 1960s survey, separating the Koochiching Co region of Minnesota from Ontario, Canada. This international borderland is defined by a landscape of low-lying wetlands and managed timber, with the southern portion of the map dominated by the northern reaches of the Pine Island State Forest. Small-scale industrial activity is evident through a scattered Gravel Pit and Sandpit, supporting local infrastructure development near the northern border.

Transportation corridors are critical to this rural frontier, as seen in the alignment of the Canadian National railway. This line serves the small settlement of Stratton on the Canadian side of the river. Numerous small watercourses, including Cameron Creek and McCloud, drain the interior, showing the complex hydrology of the Minnesota-Ontario boundary waters before intensive modern development altered the drainage patterns of the north woods.