MN · depth model

Big Sandy Lake

An Aitkin County lake that was a fur-trade crossroads long before it was a resort.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 1.8 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 3.7 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 7.3 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 11.4 lb

Make it yours family name · a line of text · a star on your place

Family name on the title block A line under it Title block preview

Your place — a star and a name on the board

Add a laser-cut desk stand (12" and 17" only) +$29

Made to order in Waterford, PA. Ships in 7–10 days, free in the lower 48. Birch, 5 mm per layer, keyhole hanger built in. By ordering you agree to our terms — decorative art, not a navigational chart.

The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step

15 ft · first step
30 ft
46 ft
61 ft
76 ft
91 ft · bottom

91 ftmaximum depth

12.7square miles of water

6depth layers cut

81roads engraved on the 12"

6towns named

1.8 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 11.4 lb at 30")

The lake

About Big Sandy Lake

Big Sandy Lake sits in Aitkin County in north-central Minnesota, about nine miles north of the town of McGregor, covering roughly 6,500 acres with 57 miles of shoreline and 25 islands. Its outlet feeds the Mississippi River, and the site was a major fur-trade crossroads in the early 1800s, with the American Fur Company running a post here that made it one of the busiest inland trading points in the region. Today the lake is known for walleye and muskie fishing, with resorts and campgrounds scattered along its wooded, irregular shoreline.

On the board

6 shore towns named, with a star on each
81 roads engraved around the shore, 8 of them labeled
6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back

Why we cut this one

Big Sandy Lake is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.