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1984 Map of Tawas City

Name: 1984 Topographic Map of Tawas City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

The Au Sable River corridor defines the northern reach of this mid-1980s landscape, featuring a series of hydroelectric impoundments including Loud Dam Pond and Cooke Dam Pond within the Huron National Forest. Along the shoreline of Lake Huron Saginaw Bay, the twin communities of Tawas City and East Tawas serve as the hub for the region, while the northern edge is dominated by the extensive footprint of Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda.

Further inland, the transition from the Maltby Hills to the flat Omer Plains reveals a patchwork of rural development and industry, including a large Strip Mine near Alabaster. Trace the path of the Detroit and Mackinac railroad and several stretches of Old RR Grade that speak to the area's timber and industrial heritage. Numerous small local schools like Skunk Sch and Harper Sch remain as markers of the area's earlier settlement patterns.