1991 Map of Canoe Lake

About this map

Yellowstone National Park and the Shoshone National Forest meet at a high-elevation boundary on this 1991 revision. The landscape is defined by the high divides between the watersheds of the Absaroka Wilderness. A remote network of footpaths serves as the primary infrastructure for the area, notably the Crandall Trail and the Miller Trail, which navigate the steep drainage systems of South Cache Creek and Timber Creek. Near the center of the sheet, Canoe Lake sits as a high-altitude landmark below the ridge lines. The map captures a wilderness area managed for conservation and recreation, showing the transition from the protected park lands to the national forest and wilderness systems before modern shifts in alpine forest health and fire management regimes altered the high-country canopy.