2013 Map of Wannaska

About this map

Wannaska serves as the focal point of this northern Roseau County landscape, situated at the junction of MN-89 and Co HWY-4. The community is deeply tied to the winding course of the S Fork Roseau River, which meanders through the western half of the terrain before meeting the main Roseau River to the northeast. This area of Minnesota is characterized by a high degree of hydrological management, evidenced by the inclusion of the County Ditch Number Twentyone, a common feature in this region's history of preparing the land for agriculture. Local genealogy is represented by the Mickinock Cem south of Wannaska and Salem Cem near the northern boundary. Smaller settlements like Pencer and numerous family-named watercourses such as Sucker Cr, Paulson Cr, and Norin Cr suggest a landscape of dispersed farmsteads and rural residency interconnected by a grid of numbered section roads.