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2014 Map of Monitor

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Monitor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The Monitor settlement and the Wenatchee River valley define this map, showing the intricate network of water management required for the region’s renowned orchards. The presence of the Icicle Canal, Olive Ditch, and Gunn Ditch illustrates the historical engineering of the landscape, where water was diverted to support agriculture along the river banks. Near the town center, the Old Monitor Road Bridge provides a specific point of reference for local transportation history.

Rising sharply from the valley floor, the terrain shifts into the Wenatchee National Forest, a landscape of deep canyons and prominent peaks like Horse Lake Mtn. A series of family-named or numbered landmarks, such as Yaksum Canyon, Tripp Canyon, and Number One Canyon, reveal a history of local exploration and settlement that follows the natural drainages of Mission Cr and its tributaries. This survey documents the intersection of high-desert forest and the developed irrigation corridor in the early twenty-first century.