User talk:Norstrem

DYK for Temperance River
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:04, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lake Abita
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Survey reading aid
You asked:

''I would very much appreciate it if anyone who has experience reading old surveys could tell me what arcane system for demarcating geographic regions this source is using when it gives the source and principle tributaries for the Poplar River on page 523. Thus far this is the only source I can find to actually name a lake as the river's source, and I'd very much like to be able to put a real name down instead of the coordinates, but I can't very well do that presently, as I have no idea what they mean.''

Anybody seen them before?


 * The description of the location of the source is:
 * sec. 11. T. 62 N., R. 3 W.


 * This description is given using the Public Land Survey System used west of the Ohio River. It means:
 * Section 11, which is a one-mile square unit within a
 * Survey township (T). Here the township is 62 north (N) of the baseline, and 3 townships west (W) of the Principal meridian, which is not given but understood to be the 4th P.M., as that is the one that transects NE Minnesota.


 * If you look at the lake map from the Minnesota DNR, you will see that Lake Gust is located in Township 62N R 3W, Sec[tion]s 10, 11, 14, and 15, which is consistent with your source. And the topo map of the area around the lake found here shows these four numbered sections and that the northeasterly part of the lake is in section 11.
 * 24.177.99.126 (talk) 01:51, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Crescent Lake (Minnesota)
Hello! Your submission of Crescent Lake (Minnesota) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  Harrias  talk 16:53, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Poplar River (Lake Superior)
A very long time after it was submitted, I have reviewed and approved your article Poplar River (Lake Superior) for DYK. I have suggested an alternative hook which you might like to consider at your nomination's entry. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:14, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Crescent Lake (Minnesota)
Orlady (talk) 20:10, 28 November 2011 (UTC) 16:04, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Poplar River (Lake Superior)
Orlady (talk) 14:49, 29 November 2011 (UTC) 00:03, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Brule Lake (Minnesota)
Orlady (talk) 08:03, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey Norstrem, thanks for your concise and well-balanced contributions, especially concerning high points and waterways in and around the Superior National Forest. I think you're absolutely right that this area's internet coverage is way too tourist-focused; it has needed some help on Wikipedia for a while, and I appreciate the geographer's perspective you're bringing. Cheers, Geograph66n — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geograph66n (talk • contribs) 22:07, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

I can't get control of my account
I tried logging in on another computer and none of the passwords I would ever have used for this site work. I can only get on now because I have a cookie saved on this computer, and when it expires I do not know how I will be able to maintain control of my account. Moreover, my e-mail for fixing this is to an account that I lost control of in January of 11 when I had a security breach in several of my online accounts. I was surprised I hadn't fixed that here yet, but as you can see, I use this infrequently. Norstrem (talk) 17:31, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind, ten thousand attempts later, I realized I was doing one keystroke wrong.
 * Awesome! Legoktm (talk) 18:23, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Gooseberry River
Move request Just copy and past the things from your sandbox to the article--there's no need to move one to the other. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:10, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Justin is correct. See my decline of your technical move request. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:18, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

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Misquah Hills definition
Hello,

Thanks for all your great work on Minnesota geography. I have a question/point(s) of clarification for the Misquah Hills article.

From my research, there doesn't seem to be any commonly accepted definition for which peaks are a part of the Misquah Hills. There's the Upham definition, but that's over a 100 years old and seems somewhat reliant on the erroneous Grant and Winchell determination that Point 2230 was the tallest peak in the range. As you noted in the article, too, Grant and Winchell's note that the three peaks around 2266 were properly part of the range despite being south of the Brule River Valley is also confusing. Eagle Mountain seems colloquially refereed to as part of the hills by some individuals, but not by others.

Undoubtedly the main ridgeline runs 17-18 miles from Cherokee Lake to Lima Mountain and contains the peaks defined by Upham and identified as the hills by Grant's party. But it would seem that there is a parallel range, running south of the main ridgeline from roughly Tomash or Pine Lake east to where the river empties into Northern Light Lake, also a distance of 17 miles. This range contains Brule and Eagle Mountains, Point 2266, the Brule Mountain firetower peak, and a host of other close-to or qualifying peaks. This range isn't as well defined as the main ridgeline of the hills, but is highly prominent over the plains to the south, the basin to the east, and the river valley and Brule Lake on the north. This map ought to give you an idea what I'm referring to: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php?ll=47.945829,-90.496403&t=t1&z=11

So, the point. To me this ridgeline would seem part of the Misquah Hills by proximity and similar elevation, common cultural association and geologic consistency. Have you found other sources that would refute this definition? What are your thoughts on it? Have you found other sources that could be used to better clarify the definition of the Misquah Hills? How the heck does one even define what a mountain range is?

Just some questions. Would love your ideas or feedback for the improvement of the article and general geographic knowledge.

Thanks, MVMvdltn (talk) 04:45, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Upham is old, but he's also the last major work to touch on the geology of the subject that I can find. I suspect some department of the U of M must have put something together at some point in history after him, but I can't find any such documents as of yet. I expect that, had Upham understood what the true heights of the various hills were, he would have included those hills in the Misquah, but I have yet to really find any sources about the geography of the region dating to after the resurvey. Norstrem (talk) 06:04, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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