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2011 Map of Minerva Peak

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Minerva Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Lake Pend Oreille dominates the western edge of this landscape, its shoreline dotted with named points and landings such as Whiskey Rock and Granite Point. The interior terrain is defined by the high ridges of Sherman Ridge and Minerva Ridge, rising toward the prominent Minerva Peak. This area reflects a history of small-scale resource extraction, evidenced by several scattered workings including the Minerva Mine, the Falls Creek Mine, and the Grey Brothers Lime Quarry near the lake.

Settlement is concentrated in small pockets like Granite and Blacktail, connected by a network of forest roads including Johnson Creek Rd. For those tracing local history or genealogy, the Clara Cemetery is a notable landmark located south of Brush Creek. The map documents a rugged interface where steep timbered slopes meet the vast waters of the lake, with numerous drainages like Canyon Creek and Tumbledown Creek cutting through the mountains toward the shore.