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2017 Map of Witch Lake

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Witch Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The Michigan River winds through the northwestern corner of this Upper Peninsula landscape, where the border of Iron and Marquette counties cuts through a dense network of glacial lakes and wetlands. The small settlement of Witbeck sits at the eastern edge, serving as a rare point of human concentration in a terrain otherwise defined by numerous water bodies like Chief Lake, Witch Lake, and Squaw Lake.

A network of local roads and trails, including Chief Lake Rd and Haywire Lake Rd, provides access to these remote waters. The map reveals the character of the land through features like Camp Fifteen Lake, likely named for historical logging operations, and the presence of numerous smaller ponds such as Bat Lake and Mud Lake. This area represents a classic northwoods geography of interconnected waterways and low-lying marshes, where the land is divided by Township and Range lines that cut across natural features like Sundog Lake and Lake Elizabeth.