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1953 Map of Port Ludlow

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Port Ludlow
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

Port Ludlow and its surrounding coastal settlements are documented here during a period of transition in the mid-20th century. The map illustrates the complex maritime geography of the Olympic Peninsula's eastern shore, where Port Ludlow and Mats Mats Bay provide sheltered waters off the larger Admiralty Inlet and Hood Canal. Land use in the early 1950s is marked by industry and small community hubs, including the Mats Mats Quarry near the coastline and the inland crossroads of Swansonville.

Further west, the Chimacum Valley floor is defined by the Willamette Meridian and rural clusters like Beaver Valley. The terrain is characterized by low-lying basins containing Teal Lake and Horseshoe Lake, bounded by prominent coastal landmarks such as Tala Point and Olele Point. This survey, updated with 1973 photorevisions, preserves the layout of these waterfront communities before later suburban development changed the character of the Jefferson County shoreline.