USGS 1:62500-scale Quadrangle for Beaver Island, MI 1956. USGS quadrangle 'Beaver Island', 1956, 1:62500.
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A one-page color topographic map shows a large forested landmass surrounded by pale blue water, with smaller adjoining land areas. Green areas indicate woodland, while fine brown contour lines, roads, trails, streams, marshes, and scattered structures are marked throughout. Depth contours and marginal map information appear around the edges.
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U.S. Geological Survey
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BEAVER ISLAND QUADRANGLE MICHIGAN—CHARLEVOIX CO. 15 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SCALE 1:62500 BEAVER ISLAND, MICH. 1956
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Catalogued as a U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic quadrangle, held by the U.S. Geological Survey, from the historical 1:62500-scale quadrangle collection. The catalogue record dates it to 1956 and identifies the map area as Beaver Island, Michigan.
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Provenance
- Held by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Collection
- USGS historical topographic quadrangles
- Original
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/PDF/MI/62500/MI_Beaver%20Island_277993_1956_62500_geo.pdf
- Copy taken
- 2026-07-29
- Title from
- the note recorded at retrieval
The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
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| Master | 1 page | 5.4 MB | fc1a67db2d3b… |
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“USGS 1:62500-scale Quadrangle for Beaver Island, MI 1956”. U.S. Geological Survey. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/map/beaver-island-1956-62500-277993/. copy retrieved 2026-07-29.
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