Every Lake
MN · depth model
Lake Vermilion
Forty thousand acres and 365 islands on the edge of the Boundary Waters.
The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step
- 13 ft · first step
- 25 ft
- 38 ft
- 51 ft
- 63 ft
- 76 ft · bottom
76 ftmaximum depth
67.6square miles of water
6depth layers cut
496roads engraved on the 12"
16towns named
2.3 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 14.5 lb at 30")
The lake
About Lake Vermilion
Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota is about 40 miles long with 365 islands and 340 miles of shoreline, 76 feet at its deepest, named from the Ojibwe for its sunset color. Tower, Cook and the Bois Forte reservation share it; Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park is on the east end.
On the board
- 16 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 496 roads engraved around the shore, 5 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
Lake Vermilion 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.Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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