USGS 1:62500-scale Quadrangle for Gull Island, MI 1955. USGS quadrangle 'Gull Island', 1955, 1:62500.
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A single-page printed topographic map is dominated by pale blue water and shows several small outlined islands with contour lines and scattered depth markings. Marginal coordinate ticks, survey information, scale bars, agency seals, and printed labels surround the mapped area.
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U.S. Geological Survey
1 page · PDF · 10.2 MB
Subjects and keywords
Text in the image
Transcribed from the object itself.
GULL ISLAND QUADRANGLE; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; LAKE MICHIGAN; ST JAMES; Gull Island
Taken from the record
Not observed in the image — supplied by the archive's own catalogue, and repeated here so the two stay distinguishable.
A 1955 U.S. Geological Survey 1:62,500-scale historical topographic quadrangle map, held by the U.S. Geological Survey. The catalogue identifies the mapped quadrangle as Gull Island, Michigan; the object is one page and is public domain.
Could not make out
Stated rather than guessed at.
Some small marginal notes, contour labels, and fine print are not legible at this resolution.
Rights and credit
Public domain (U.S. Geological Survey)
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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_Gull%20Island_278176_1955_62500_geo.pdf
- Copy taken
- 2026-07-29
- Title from
- the note recorded at retrieval
The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master | 1 page | 10.2 MB | 673e3c589de8… |
Checksums are the values recorded when each copy was taken.
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Cite this
“USGS 1:62500-scale Quadrangle for Gull Island, MI 1955”. U.S. Geological Survey. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/map/gull-island-1955-62500-278176/. copy retrieved 2026-07-29.
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