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1969 Map of Thor NE

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Thor NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

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Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the southern reaches of Solana State Forest dominate this Aitkin County landscape, characterized by extensive wetlands and slow-moving water systems. The Rice River meanders across the center of the sheet, fed by smaller tributaries like Five Creek and Brook. Human activity is concentrated along the north-south roadway on the eastern edge, where the rural settlement of Beckman and the community Townhall are located.

Religious and industrial life is marked by the presence of St Johns Ch and several scattered Gravel Pits. This 1969 field-checked survey illustrates a period when the area was largely defined by conservation boundaries and small-scale resource extraction. To the south, the secluded Porcupine Lake sits within the forest boundary, illustrating the isolation of the northern Minnesota marshlands before modern development further altered the drainage patterns of the region.