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1966 Map of Big Elk Mtn

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Big Elk Mtn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Keenan City (Site) sits as a quiet historical marker within the high elevations of the Caribou National Forest during the mid-1960s. This area, dominated by the massif of Big Elk Mtn and Little Elk Mountain, reveals a landscape defined by its mining and forest management history. The namesake Caribou Basin is etched with drainage systems like McCoy Creek and Miners Delight Creek, names that hint at the gold-seeking past of Bonneville County.

A network of Pack Trails and Jeep Trails provides the primary infrastructure for traversing the steep terrain between Anderson Gl and the Caribou Basin Guard Station. The map illustrates a remote wilderness where industry once thrived, now largely reclaimed by the forest, yet still marked by the clearings of old settlements and the essential water sources of various Springs and named creeks like Wolverine Creek.