Map of Clark Lake Area

Map of Clark Lake Area by Sarah Thorp Heald in 1932. Nisswa Area Historical Society. Oil on Canvas. 

The niece of Hester and Herbert Humphrey commissioned this map of the area around Clark Lake. Their vacation home was on Clark Lake. The map includes a lot of historic landmarks in the area, along with lakes and roads. The map also includes a lot of symbols such as fish to represent types of fish in Lake Hubert, fruit near Clarkhaven to represent Colonial Thorp's fruit trees and flowers, the significance of which is not yet known.

Landmarks from North to South.

• "Mille Lacs Indians camped here during uprising in 1898"

• "Crescent Beach" 

• "Nisswa - 'Indian Name meaning three-mile'"

• "'Echo Point' on Clark Lake"

• "Mattson's"

• "Warner's Point"

• "Shekinah"

• "MinneHome"

• Highway 19"

• "Site of Hill's Road-House on old Leech Lake Trail"

• "Minnewawa Lodge"

• "Pike Pt."

• "Minnesota and International Railroad."

• "Sahna-Kooee Pt."

• "'Clarkhaven' Thorp Castle"

• "Camp Lincoln"

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