1974 Map of Wabasha North

About this map

Wabasha and Reads Landing anchor this mid-1970s survey of the river confluence where the Chippewa River enters the Upper Mississippi River. The landscape is dominated by the intricate wetlands of the Tiffany State Public Hunting Grounds, a maze of sloughs including Battle Slough, Dark Slough, and Swinger Slough that illustrate the complex hydrology before the arrival of the modern Burlington Northern and Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific rail lines. On the Wisconsin side, small settlements like Nelson and Trevino sit near the edge of these bottomlands, while the Minnesota shore rises into steep bluffs and coulees such as Schmidt Coulee and Brewery Coulee. The map captures a high level of detail for local historians, from the Riverview Cem and St Felix Cem to the Camp Lacupolis recreation area near the southern tip of Lake Pepin.