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1950 Map of Disque

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Disque
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

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The rugged Olympic Peninsula coastline meets the Strait of Juan de Fuca in this 1950 field check, revealing a landscape defined by its coastal transport networks and small rural outposts. At Low Point, the shoreline transitions into areas of Shale and Boulders and Tidal Flats, where the Lyre River and several smaller streams like Whiskey Creek and Murdock Creek reach the sea.

The presence of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and the Port Angeles and Pacific road route through the interior timberland suggests the era's focus on resource extraction. Scattered settlements such as Disque, Shadow, and Gettysburg Ranch serve as primary landmarks for local history and genealogy, marking the small residential and agricultural clusters that dot the terrain between the wooded hills and the northern shore.