W. A. Fisher Company
1936

Pictorial map of Kabetogama Lake Minnesota

Kabetogama Lake

DESCRIPTION: Scarce original pictorial map of Kabetogama Lake, Minnesota. Kabetogama means "rough waters" in Chippewa. Created by Frank M. Antoncich. Published by the W. A. Fisher Company, Virginia, Minnesota. Date of 1936 from the example in the Rumsey Collection. Price when issued was 25 cents.

Along with and cute cartographs including bears and Native Americans the map is filled with useful navigational information and historical facts. Portages, trails and roads are laid out. Many canoes.

Notes and observations about the area include:
  • an "Indian Village",
  • "Funeral Island Burial Ground"
  • the "Yates Resort",
  • "Mrs. McCaw- first white woman and homestead here",
  • "Good duck hunting", and
  • "Impassable in low water".

CREATOR: W. A. Fisher Company

PUBLICATION DATE: 1936

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Kabetogama Lake

CONDITION: Fair.  Intact. A few old bends and folds. A pinhole in corner. Several repairs from verso to repair tears. A bit shabby but it fits the outdoors theme.

COLORING: Process color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 19 " x 11 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 59

PRICE: $325

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