1967 Map of Scotchman Lake

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Pend Oreille River frontage and the high-elevation terrain of Colville National Forest characterize this late 1960s survey of the Washington wilderness. The southwestern corner is dominated by the industrial and transport corridor of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad, which runs parallel to the river near a local Gravel Pit. Moving inland, the landscape rises toward Coyote Hill and Molybdenum Mountain, revealing a network of primitive Jeep Trails and a Pack Trail that provide access to remote water bodies like Scotchman Lake, Little Anderson Lake, and Caldwell Lake. The complex drainage system includes the West Branch Le Clerc Creek and the culturally named White Man Creek and Red Man Creek, reflecting the era's land-management focus on the high timber and mineral prospects of the Pacific Northwest.