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1957 Map of Shooting Creek

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Shooting Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Chatuge Lake dominates the southwest corner of this mountain landscape, where the waters of Shooting Creek meet the reservoir at the base of Galloway Mountain. The settlement pattern in the late 1950s follows the narrow valley floors, anchored by local institutions like Marshall Chapel, Shooting Creek School, and the Old Shooting Creek Ch. A secondary concentration of homesteads and the Tusquitee Ch sits to the north along Tusquitee Creek, separated from the main valley by the high ridge of Piney Top and Stamey Knob.

The map reveals the industrial and topographic character of the Nantahala National Forest, showing a Copper Mine on the slopes of Johnson Ridge and numerous named coves such as Milksick Cove and Chairmaker Cove. Transportation is defined by gaps in the high terrain, including Tusquitee Gap and Tate Gap, which provided essential passage through the massive Chunky Gal Mountain range that defines the eastern boundary between Clay and Macon counties.