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1966 Map of Snowshoe Peak

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Snowshoe Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Snowshoe Peak dominates the center of this 1960s survey, marking the intersection of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and two sprawling national forests. This area, straddling the boundary of Lincoln and Sanders counties, preserves a legacy of high-elevation mining and remote mountain travel. The eastern slopes of the range show the operations at Snowshoe Mine and St Paul Mine, situated near the headwaters of Snowshoe Creek. These sites, accessed by a network of pack trails, illustrate the late-stage prospecting that continued into the mid-century within the Kootenai National Forest.

Glacial features define the hydrology of the landscape, from the prominent Leigh Lake beneath Bockman Peak to the chain of Snowshoe Lakes. The drainage patterns, including the North Fork Bull River and Middle Fork Bull River, carve deep valleys westward into the Kaniksu National Forest. This mapping records the primitive infrastructure of the region before modern accessibility changed the character of these high-basin lakes like Big Cherry Lake and Martin Lake.