1966 Map of Fish Lake

About this map

Fish Lake Airstrip serves as a remote point of access within this high-elevation landscape of the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. Photorevised in the late 1980s from mid-1960s surveys, the map documents a network of primitive Pack Trails that connect vital water sources and landmarks across three distinct protected areas, including the Clearwater National Forest and Nez Perce National Forest. Notable terrain features such as Tribulation Saddle and Fish Lake Saddle navigate the divide between drainages like Sponge Creek and Wounded Doe Creek. The presence of named meadows, such as Gold Meadows and Sponge Meadows, suggests historic grazing or encampment sites in an otherwise vertical environment defined by prominent peaks like Sponge Mtn and Eagle Mtn.