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1918 Map of Terrebonne

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Terrebonne
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Red Lake River and the Clearwater River dominate this 1918 landscape in Northern Minnesota, carving intricate meanders across the townships of Gervais, Emardville, and Terre Bonne. The railroad network is a primary focus, featuring the junction of the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie and the Great Northern near the settlement of Plummer.

A network of drainage ditches, simply labeled Ditch, underscores the early 20th-century efforts to reclaim wetlands, with notations for Swamp Limits Original Survey marking the transition from wilderness to agricultural use. Scattered rural infrastructure, including a lone Church and numerous School sites, reveals the dispersed settlement pattern of Pennington and Red Lake Counties during this era. The map provides specific detail for transportation history, identifying numerous public and private crossings, such as Pub. Xing and Priv. Xing, along the rail lines.