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1991 Map of Shoup

Name: 1991 Topographic Map of Shoup
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The Salmon River cuts through the southern reaches of this mountain landscape, marking a corridor designated as a Wild and Scenic River Boundary. Along its banks, the small settlement of Shoup represents the primary human hub in a region otherwise dominated by the Bitterroot National Forest and Salmon National Forest. The map documents a history of resource extraction, with numerous labels for a Mine or Prospect scattered across the drainages of Spring Creek and Boulder Creek.

Prospectors and miners worked sites like the Spring Creek Mines and the Gregor Mine, while the higher elevations provided vantage points such as Blue Nose Lookout on Beartrap Ridge. The topography is defined by significant landmarks like Sheepeater Point and deep drainages including Horsefly Gulch and China Gulch, which illustrate the difficult paths taken by early 4WD tracks through the Idaho-Montana borderlands.