The Lost Village of Flagstaff

Fifty years after the creation of Flagstaff Lake, few remember the little North Woods town it flooded - or the mind-set that allowed it to happen. Image

Fifty years after the creation of Flagstaff Lake, few remember the little North Woods town it flooded - or the mind-set that allowed it to happen.
Image subjects: Flagstaff lake today
town of Flagstaff before it was flooded by the power lake.
mape of area around Flagstaff Lake
clear cutting and excavation to form lake bed in 1949
Long Falls Dam under construction in 1949
houses being flooded by rising water in 1949
Flagstaff lake today

Location: FlagstaffDead RiverLong Falls Dam

By: Edgar Allen Beem

Photography by: Randy Ury

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