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1948 Map of Wilmont Creek

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Wilmont Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

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The Colville Indian Reservation dominates this 1948 survey, showing a landscape defined by its transition from the peaks of Gold Mountain down to the shores of Franklin D Roosevelt Lake. The map captures the area shortly after the filling of the reservoir, with the Columbia River flowing through the Franklin D Roosevelt Lake National Recreational Area and past the Spokane Indian Reservation. Small communal hubs are documented along the hillsides, including the settlement of Kewa, which features the Kewa Sch and Kewa Cem.

Further south, the riparian landscape includes Rima Flat and Ninemile Flat, with local landmarks like Rogers Bar supporting a small social infrastructure evidenced by the Rogers Bar Ch and Rogers Bar Sch. Extensive creek systems such as Wilmont Creek and Ninemile Creek carve through the terrain, leading toward Ninemile Falls. The presence of a Lookout on Gold Mtn highlights the importance of fire observation across these timbered highlands during the mid-century era.