1989 Map of Canyonville

About this map

Wolf Creek and Sunny Valley anchor the southern corridor of this late-twentieth-century study of Southern Oregon's transition from the Umpqua to the Rogue River drainages. The Southern Pacific railroad and Interstate 5 parallel each other through the mountainous terrain, linking settlements like Glendale and Leland. This infrastructure supports a landscape historically defined by extraction, evidenced by numerous legacy mining operations such as the Greenback Mine, Silver Peak Mine, and Almeda Mine. In the southwest, the Rogue River National Wild and Scenic River carves through the Siskiyou National Forest, while the northern reaches include the community of Riddle and the Umpqua River. The map meticulously details the intersection of rugged wilderness boundaries, including the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, with the industrial footprints of the Canyon Mountain Mine and Granite Hill Mine.