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1968 Map of Blanchard

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Blanchard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Blanchard occupies the floor of Spirit Valley on this late 1960s Idaho-Washington borderland survey. The landscape is dominated by the steep, timbered slopes of Hoodoo Mountain, which rises sharply within the Kaniksu National Forest. In the valley, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad follows the course of Spirit Creek, connecting the local community with the settlement of Coleman to the east.

Evidence of local commerce and early development appears in the Sandpit near Blanchard Lake and the Pine Grove Cemetery located just north of Blanchard Rd. The map tracks several watercourses descending from the high ridges, including Fish Creek, McDonald Creek, and Curtis Creek, which drain into the valley below. This record provides a clear look at the intersection of wilderness management and rail-era settlement in the Bonner County panhandle before modernization altered many local roads.