1938 Map of Moclips

About this map

The Aloha Logging Company Mill and the Northern Pacific railroad define the industrial character of this coastal timber landscape in the late 1930s. Coastal settlements like Moclips, Pacific Beach, and Copalis Beach dot the shoreline, connected by State Route 9C and rugged logging roads. The map illustrates a transitional economy where timber extraction, represented by the Aloha Logging Company and lines stretching toward Stearnsville, meets the growing recreational appeal of the Pacific front at Ocean City and Roosevelt Beach. To the north, the Quinault Indian Reservation boundary follows the Quinault River, while the inland area is marked by the winding courses of the Humptulips River and Copalis River. From the tidelands of North Bay to the high ground of Saddle Hill, the map documents the infrastructure of a working forest during the final years before the Second World War.