1963 Map of Cadotte Creek

About this map

The Continental Divide crests through this mountain landscape, marking the high country between the Missouri and Columbia River watersheds. This area within the Helena National Forest is defined by the steep drainages of Alice Creek and Cadotte Creek, which flow toward the Blackfoot River in the south. The map documents a rugged interior of the Rockies during the early 1960s, showing a network of gulches—such as Paymaster Gulch and Surveyors Gulch—that hint at the region's prospecting and surveying history.