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1954 Map of Deer Island

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Deer Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Columbia River commerce and industrial transport define this reach along the Oregon and Washington border. The river valley is a complex network of waterways, featuring the massive Deer Island and its interior lakes like Swan Lake and Cottonwood Lake. Settlement is concentrated at Columbia City on the Oregon bank and Woodland to the east in Washington, connected by the heavy rail corridors of the Burlington Northern and Union Pacific railroads.

Evidence of local development and community life is found in the scattered rural landmarks, including the County Fairgrounds and schoolhouses like Cloverdale Sch. The landscape rises sharply from the river flats toward Maple Hill and Green Mountain, where the Old Pacific Highway winds through the hills. River navigation is facilitated by several range markers, such as the Columbia City Range, which guided vessels through the Martin Island Channel during the mid-century era.