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1994 Map of Brown Creek Ridge

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Brown Creek Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1997
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1997

About this map

Brown Creek Lookout stands as a central vantage point over this section of the Clearwater National Forest, situated atop the high ground between Brown Creek and Musselshell Creek. The landscape is defined by a dense network of drainages, including the uniquely named Pete and Charlie Creek and Lacey Meadows Creek, which eventually feed into the larger Lolo Creek system near the southern boundary.

Historical transit corridors are remarkably well-documented here, as the map traces the overlapping paths of the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail and the Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail. These routes follow the high ridges like Brown Creek Ridge, avoiding the marshy basins of Crane Meadow Creek. This survey provides a rare look at how indigenous paths and early exploration routes were preserved within the modern management of the Forest Service at the end of the twentieth century.