2010 Map of Winter Road Lake SE

About this map

Browns Lake sits in the northwest corner of this northern Minnesota landscape, a quiet water body in the heavily forested reaches of Lake of the Woods County. The terrain is defined by a network of drainage and isolated wetlands, where Meadow Creek flows southward and the North Branch Rapid River cuts across the southeast. In this era, the area remained largely undeveloped, accessible primarily via long-reaching forest roads such as the Faunce-Butterfield Rd and the Hogsback Obrien-Forest Rd. These routes provide the few markers of human movement through a remote wilderness, which is characterized by subtle elevation changes and an intricate hydrographic system at the start of the 21st century.