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1958 Map of Wood Island

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Wood Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

Grand Island dominates this mid-century survey of the Alger County shoreline, standing as a prominent landmass within the expanse of Lake Superior. The interior of the island features the sequestered Echo Lake and its drainage via Echo Lake Cr, reflecting a landscape defined by its isolated hydrology and coastal geography. A Lighthouse at North Point serves as a vital navigational marker for the maritime traffic rounding the island's northern tip.

On the mainland, the western edge of the Pictured Rocks formation begins to emerge near the boundary of Munising, where the Hiawatha National Forest blankets the coastal terrain. The map captures the juxtaposition of the sheltered waters of Trout Bay against the open lake, documenting the survey of these shores just before the late 20th-century shifts in shoreline management and recreation. The smaller Wood Island to the west further illustrates the scattered archipelago character of this section of the Upper Peninsula coast.