1962 Map of Wallace

About this map

Camanche Reservoir dominates the northern landscape of this 1962 survey, which documents the region just as the rising waters were set to transform the Mokelumne River valley. The map preserves the locations of early settlements like Camanche and Lancha Plana, as well as the numerous sandbars—Oregon Bar, Poverty Bar, and Winter Bar—that reflect the area's gold-mining heritage. Extensive dredge tailings along the river banks provide a physical record of industrial scale extraction that shaped the terrain.