This section of the base map shows the lake area west of the St. Paul/Minneapolis metropolitan area. The "1840" button will illustrate the concentration of Joseph Nicollet's "mother map" on rivers and streams. Click on an area to zoom in. Navigate using the arrows in the map margin.

This is the west central area of the present nine overlapping panels of the combined 1:250,000 scale maps. Future revisions will expand map coverage. For more information about the map see the lower left-hand frame.