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1992 Map of Deep Lake

Name: 1992 Topographic Map of Deep Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1996
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1996

About this map

The Colville National Forest landscape shown here, revised from 1991 aerial photography, reveals the rugged mining and logging character of the borderlands between Stevens and Pend Oreille counties. Concentrated activity around the northwest corner highlights the Thompson Wolf Mine and Capitol Mine perched above the clear waters of Deep Lake. These mining claims, along with the Tyler Mine and Maki Mine, represent the region's long-standing reliance on resource extraction within the steep terrain of the Selkirk Mountains.

The presence of Smackout Valley and the smaller Peterson Clearing suggests the specialized nature of highland agriculture and timber management in this era. Small, dispersed settlements like Byers and isolated points like the Lookout on Huckleberry Mountain provide key reference points for local history researchers tracing the development of forest service infrastructure and early 20th-century mountain living.