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1938 Map of Mt Constance

Name: 1938 Topographic Map of Mt Constance
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1951
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1951

About this map

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest dominate this 1930s landscape, which preserves the interior wilderness before later modern development. The high peaks of Mt. Anderson, Mt. La Crosse, and Mt. Constance tower over a network of backcountry shelters and ranger facilities, including the Hayes River Guard Sta and Dose Forks Shelter. In the northeast, the Tubal Cain Mine stands as a remnant of industrial ambition within the high country.

The southeastern corner shows the limited coastal settlement along the Hood Canal near Eldon, where the Olympic Highway provides the primary transit route. Moving inland, the map captures the early infrastructure of the Cushman Reservoir and the Staircase Rapids area. This survey reflects a moment when the mountains were managed through a dense web of pack trails and isolated stations like the Louella Guard Sta and Slab Creek Guard Sta, long before heavy automotive access changed the character of the Olympic interior.