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1918 Map of Winterroad

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Winterroad
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

Clear River and the Warroad River anchor this landscape during a period of massive hydrological transformation along the Roseau and Beltrami county line. The map illustrates an extensive drainage network, where the natural flow is intercepted by the Main Judicial Ditch No 62 and Judicial Ditch No 23, alongside dozens of numbered laterals and branches. This engineered system was designed to reclaim the boggy terrain of Oak Myre and the surrounding wilderness for settlement and agriculture.

Scattered human presence is marked by isolated landmarks like School 25 and School 2, standing as lonely outposts of civilization in a region otherwise dominated by open timber limits and large marshy tracts such as Winter Road Lake and Mulligan Lake. The Red Lake Guide Meridian provides a primary surveying reference point through this northern territory, dividing the named townships of Eugene, Norris, and Yale.