1989 Map of Seventeenmile Mountain

About this map

Colville National Forest and the Colville Indian Reservation divide this high-elevation landscape in Ferry County, where the transition between federal forest land and tribal territory is marked by a prominent mountain range. The terrain is defined by the peaks of Seventeenmile Mountain and South Seventeenmile Mountain, with the distinctive Grizzly Mtn rising to the east. A complex drainage system feeds the region, including Seventeenmile Creek and the southern flow of Twentyone Mile Creek. The eastern portion of the map is dominated by the upper reaches of Hall Creek, specifically where the North Fork Hall Creek and West Fork Hall Creek converge. This 1989 provisional survey captures the area just as modern aerial photography was being integrated into traditional topographic drafting, showing a wilderness primarily shaped by natural watersheds rather than dense human settlement.