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1942 Map of Ginger Peak

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Ginger Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Nestucca River and Trask River headwaters define this wartime landscape within the Siuslaw National Forest. During the early 1940s, the terrain was heavily utilized for government-led resource management and infrastructure projects, evidenced by the presence of WPA Camp Wilson No 1 and CCC Camp Trask. These camps, along with several lookouts like Square Top Lookout and Edwards Butte Lookout, reflect the era's focus on fire suppression and forest labor in the Coast Range.

Rural life in the canyons is marked by small settlements and family holdings such as Blaine and Detrick Ranch. Education and local industry are represented by the Sturdevant Sch and a Fish Hatchery near the confluence of the Trask's forks. The network of logging roads and a Toll Road along the Wilson River illustrate the evolving transportation routes through these drainages before modern highway development dominated the region.