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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Old Map Of Cook County |
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11/22/2009 01:42PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I thought you all would like to see an old map I bought at the antique store in Grand Marais. I bought is about 10 years ago for $5.00. I found it again in the basement and scanned it last night. It is large so I had to make six pages. It is a map made by the Johnson co in Duluth in 1939. It shows it's age but is not to bad for being 70 years old.
"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD
06/30/2012 08:20PM
VERY Cool Beans!!!!!
Very, very interesting to see where all the old CCC camps were located. Plus it shows lookout towers, cabins on Cherokee & Jasper amoung others, plus the old Forest Service boathouse on Brule.........
I really enjoy looking over things like this. Thanks for taking the time to post it. Very much appreciated!
Very, very interesting to see where all the old CCC camps were located. Plus it shows lookout towers, cabins on Cherokee & Jasper amoung others, plus the old Forest Service boathouse on Brule.........
I really enjoy looking over things like this. Thanks for taking the time to post it. Very much appreciated!
07/02/2012 10:40AM
quote Savage Voyageur: "What surprised me was the train tracks through some parts of the map. Why were they there, logging? "
Those rail lines were primarily for the transport of lumber. I’ve read there was occasionally passenger service, but can no longer find the webpage that describes those rail lines. Most forest roads in Lake and Cook Counties were once railroad grades for the logging industry.
07/06/2013 03:23PM
quote Savage Voyageur: "I thought you all would like to see an old map I bought at the antique store in Grand Marais. I bought is about 10 years ago for $5.00. I found it again in the basement and scanned it last night. It is large so I had to make six pages. It is a map made by the Johnson co in Duluth in 1939. It shows it's age but is not to bad for being 70 years old. "
Any antique maps you'd be interested in parting with? Looking to frame a genuine on my wall. Got the reproduction framed, looking for a real one. Thanks.
07/06/2013 05:17PM
I own a 1920's map of the arrowhead that I got professionally mounted. It cost 10x for the framing than it did for the map!
It shows a lot of locations where there were cabins, resorts, and native peoples grave sites.
The Quetico park people once asked to view the map. On another occasion FS personnel asked to view the map and for me to refrain from posting the location of the grave sites. These maps are real treasures.
It even shows a proposed route for the Ely to Gunflint road that was never built.
It was produced by the same group that did the common reproduction map you see online frequently, the group that had the swastika in their logo.
It shows a lot of locations where there were cabins, resorts, and native peoples grave sites.
The Quetico park people once asked to view the map. On another occasion FS personnel asked to view the map and for me to refrain from posting the location of the grave sites. These maps are real treasures.
It even shows a proposed route for the Ely to Gunflint road that was never built.
It was produced by the same group that did the common reproduction map you see online frequently, the group that had the swastika in their logo.
"My life has been a series of campfires." Sigurd Olson
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