OSM islands feature: Ojibwa Island

Summary

This record preserves the current OpenStreetMap islands feature Ojibwa Island (way/3941174). The source snapshot records the feature’s current mapped geometry and tags; it is useful for finding present-day places, structures, and historical markers but is not a legal property record.

Source tags

{
  "description": "Renamed in 2022, \"In response to the Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3404 this is the list of U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved official Sq_ replacement names.\"",
  "gnis:feature_id": "638673",
  "name": "Ojibwa Island",
  "old_name": "Squaw Island",
  "osm_id": 3941174,
  "osm_type": "way",
  "place": "islet",
  "source": "Bing",
  "wikidata": "Q42534252",
  "wikipedia": "en:Ojibwa Island"
}

Spatial context

The feature intersects 9 quarter-quarter survey units and 0 held DNR parcel geometries in the current data. Those links are navigation aids. They do not prove that the feature’s historical name, current use, or ownership follows the parcel boundary.

Open questions

• Which deed, tax record, marker file, or institutional record establishes the feature’s legal status or owner, if any?
• Does the current geometry correspond to the historical feature described in the linked KB article, or only to the same name?
• Which historical maps or newspapers provide the earliest reliable location?

See also

• Ojibwa Island
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19SWNE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19SENW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19NWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19NESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19NWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19SWSE
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19SESW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W19SWSW
• PLSS quarter-quarter 40N10W30NENW
• GLO survey plat: T40N R10W