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1969 Map of Onion Creek

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Onion Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Franklin D Roosevelt Lake and the Columbia River anchor the northwest corner of this Northeast Washington landscape, where the Coulee Dam Nat Recreation Area Bdy meets the peaks of the Selkirk Mountains. The topography is defined by significant elevations like Alice Mae Mountain, Bodie Mountain, and Staghorn Mtn, with the drainage of Onion Creek and its West Fork carving through the center of the sheet.

Evidence of local industry and infrastructure appears in the Burlington Northern railroad line running along the riverbank and the isolated Stone Mine in the southeast. Cultural landmarks are sparse but significant, including the Onion Creek Sch and various quarries and gravel pits. The map also captures a high-altitude stretch of the International Boundary along the northern edge, showing the intersection of remote mountain terrain and federal land management in the late 1960s.