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1973 Map of Wendell

Name: 1973 Topographic Map of Wendell
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Wendell stands as a focal point in this southern Grant County landscape, positioned along the Soo Line Railroad during the early 1970s. The geography is defined by its conservation areas and water bodies, including the expansive Mustinka River State Wildlife Management Area and several National Waterfowl Production Areas. These managed lands follow the course of the Mustinka River and surround significant basins like Lightning Lake and Pletan Lake.

Genealogists and local historians will find the Trinity Cem near the town center and the small settlement of Aastad near the northern boundary. The terrain, noted for its glacial features such as Tumuli in the northeast and Stony Brook to the west, reflects a traditional prairie-pothole environment. The presence of numerous gravel pits and well-defined field lines indicates an active agricultural and extraction economy established around the natural hydrology of the Elbow Lake and Engralson Lake systems.