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1947 Map of Wausaukee

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Wausaukee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Wausaukee serves as the central hub of this northern Wisconsin landscape, situated where the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad intersects the Wausaukee River. The map reveals a post-war rural infrastructure defined by scattered schoolhouses, including Nulf Sch, Barker Sch, and Popple Grove Sch, reflecting the community-centric settlement pattern of the era. To the east, the Menominee River marks the state boundary, featuring the White Rapids Dam and the complex channels of Sixty Islands.

Water dominates the southern terrain with the expansive Lake Noquebay and numerous smaller basins like Lake Mary and Stephenson Lake. The presence of the Middle Inlet Fire Tower and the Pine Hill Cem near the settlement of Middle Inlet provides specific points of interest for local historians and genealogists. This survey, compiled from 1940 aerial photographs, captures the region's transition as the Old Grade Railroad is noted alongside newer developments like the Transmission Line moving through the township of Amberg.