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2019 Map of White Pine

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of White Pine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

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Lake Superior dominates the northern horizon of this Lake Superior shoreline study, where the waters of Union Bay meet the rocky coast at Gull Point. The settlement of Silver City sits at the mouth of the Big Iron River, serving as a gateway to the wooded interior of Ontonagon County. To the south, the vanished mining site of Nonesuch near Nonesuch Falls points to the region's copper-mining heritage.

Numerous waterways carve through the landscape, including the Mineral River and the Little Iron River. The terrain is marked by a series of dramatic cascades, such as Besanbeck Falls, Bonanza Falls, and the Little Union Gorge Falls. Recreational paths like the Porcupine Mountains State Park River Trail follow the Union River, illustrating the modern transition from industrial extraction to wilderness preservation along the 107th Engineers Memorial Hwy.