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1968 Map of Happy Fork Gap

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Happy Fork Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Priest River Experimental Forest and the Kaniksu National Forest dominate this mountain landscape in Bonner County, documented just before the 1970s. The terrain is defined by high ridges like Gisborne Mtn and Bald Mtn, the latter of which is marked by Radio Towers. A complex network of drainage systems, including Tarlac Creek, Koch Creek, and Hornby Creek, flows through the timbered slopes toward the southern edge of the map.

Industry and transport are concentrated along the southern corridor where the Great Northern railroad tracks parallel the Pend Oreille River. Near the river, the small settlement of Wrencoe sits near Little Muskrat Lake. The northeastern corner highlights the early development of the Schweitzer Basin ski area, while more remote reaches like McCormack Meadows and Happy Fork Gap remain accessible only by a system of jeep trails.