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2017 Map of Wooden Shoe Village

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

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Smallwood Lake serves as a central hydraulic hub in this portion of Gladwin County, where the Tittabawassee River and several smaller tributaries converge. The settlement pattern here is closely tied to the waterfront, with Wooden Shoe Village and White Star situated near the northern reaches of the reservoir system. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainage features like Babcock Drain and Van Horn Drain, which illustrate the local efforts to manage the water table for residential and agricultural use.

Downstream, the river corridor widens as it meets Guernsey Creek and Denton Cr near Highwood. To the east, the Molasses River and Little Molasses River snake through a more wooded, less developed interior. This map documents the modern footprint of these riverside communities and the persisting grid of rural roads such as W Winegars Rd that connect the small hamlets of Winegars and the surrounding townships.