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1983 Map of Trappers Lake

Name: 1983 Topographic Map of Trappers Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore dominates this coastal survey, where the sandstone cliffs of the Upper Peninsula meet the expansive waters of Lake Superior. The landscape is a complex network of glacial kettle lakes and drainages, including the large Beaver Lake and the smaller, namesake Trappers Lake. Much of the interior is managed as the Lake Superior State Forest, showing a rugged wilderness crisscrossed by a network of foot trails and unimproved roads such as the Twin Lake Truck Trail and Adams Trail.

Human presence is primarily seasonal and recreational, evidenced by the Pine Bluff Campground, Beaver Creek Campground, and Sevenmile Campground along the shoreline. For the local historian or genealogist, the map preserves the exact alignment of early access routes like Lake Road and the location of a Gravel Pit, providing a detailed look at the infrastructure of the central Upper Peninsula during the early 1980s.