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1956 Map of Cooper Gulch

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Cooper Gulch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Montana and Idaho meet along a ridgeline divide in this 1950s survey, dominated by the intersecting boundaries of the Kaniksu National Forest, Coeur d'Alene National Forest, and Lolo National Forest. The landscape is defined by its isolation and high-elevation utility, evidenced by the USFS Fire Sta near Andys Knob and a USFS Emergency Telephone along Upper Clear Creek.

Transport through this part of the Bitterroot Range relies on high gaps like Thompson Pass and Cooper Pass. While primarily a wilderness of named peaks such as Sex Peak and Black Peak, industrial history is marked by the Montana Mine near the headwaters of Canyon Creek. For genealogists and historians, the map preserves the exact locations of remote mountain water bodies including the Blossom Lakes, Upper Glidden Lake, and Evans Lake.