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1965 Map of Hemlock Lake

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Hemlock Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Flathead National Forest land defines this section of the Mission Mountains as it was mapped in the mid-1960s. The landscape is characterized by a high-elevation drainage system feeding into Elk Creek, with numerous alpine lakes including Hemlock Lake, Cheff Lake, and Island Lake clustered near the Missoula County line. The terrain is marked by prominent summits such as Red Butte and Hemlock Point, which oversee a network of Pack Trails that provided the primary means of access through these woods before modern road development.

A single established recreational site, the Glacier Lake Campground, sits near the southern edge along the banks of Glacier Creek. The map records a complex hydrologic network where Glacier Sloughs and Herrick Run meet the creek, illustrating the natural drainage patterns of the era. This document preserves the trail routes and remote water bodies like Loco Lake and Spider Lake as they existed prior to later wilderness designations.