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1913 Map of Cedar Lake

Name: 1913 Topographic Map of Cedar Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1938
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1938

About this map

Cedar Lake and the high peaks of the Snoqualmie National Forest dominate this regional view, documented at a time when timber and mountain transit were the primary drivers of growth. The map captures the infrastructure supporting the growing Puget Sound region, specifically the New Dam Site and Power Plant along the Cedar River. Major rail corridors like the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul RR and the Northern Pacific RR wind through the river valleys, connecting timber and mining towns such as Kerriston, Selleck, and Black Diamond.

In the southern reaches, the timber industry's footprint is evident at Page Mill, while high-altitude lookouts like Humphrey Lookout and Sun Top Lookout stand sentinel over the drainage basins. From the Sallal Prairie near North Bend down to Enumclaw, the map detail provides a fine-grained view of early twentieth-century mountain life, from the industrial Copper King Mine to the remote Deadman Flat Trail.