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1918 Map of Port Angeles

Name: 1918 Topographic Map of Port Angeles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Port Angeles serves as the focal point of this coastal landscape, situated along the Port Angeles Harbor and sheltered by the prominent curve of Ediz Hook. At this time, the city’s grid extends toward the shoreline where the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad traces the coast. The map illustrates a transition from maritime activity, including the U.S. Naval and Military Reservation, to the dense wilderness of Olympic National Park in the south.

Rural education was clearly distributed across the landscape, with numerous localized schoolhouses such as Belleview School, De Fuca School, and Round Mountain School serving isolated settlements. The presence of the Ennis Creek Ranger Station and Park Headquarters highlights the area's emerging role as a gateway to the mountains. The terrain rises sharply from the Strait of Juan de Fuca into the ridges of The Foothills, cut by drainage systems like Morse Creek and Siebert Creek.