1985 Map of Smoky Mountain

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Lake Powell dominates the southern landscape of this 1985 survey, its finger-like bays such as Rock Creek Bay and Last Chance Bay reaching deep into the canyons of the Colorado River system. The high desert plateaus of the Kaiparowits Plateau and Smoky Mountain rise to the north, defined by dramatic geological features like the Straight Cliffs and the sweeping arc of Fiftymile Mountain. This era shows the region after the completion of the Glen Canyon Dam, when the rising waters had already transformed the deep sandstone gorges into a complex reservoir system.