{"product_id":"old-map-of-coeur-dalene-idaho-by-usgs-1957-lake-coeur-dalene-post-falls-spokane-river","title":"Old Map of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho by USGS, 1957 – Lake Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls \u0026 Spokane River","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1967 from 1957 mapping, the United States Geological Survey’s “Coeur D’Alene” presents northern Idaho in the precise, elegant language of mid-century American topography. At a 1:62,500 scale, the map centers on the city of Coeur d’Alene and the intricate landscape that surrounds it: lake country, forested ridges, river corridors, highways, settlements, and working land. Its traditional USGS styling—fine contour lines, careful hydrography, and color-coded land classifications—gives the sheet both scientific authority and visual richness. More than a navigational document, it is a measured portrait of a region poised between wilderness and development, capturing the Inland Northwest at a moment when roads, recreation, forestry, and expanding communities were reshaping the terrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mapmaker, the United States Geological Survey, brought to this work nearly a century of institutional expertise in mapping the nation’s landforms and resources. Founded in 1879, the USGS became indispensable to engineers, foresters, miners, planners, and explorers by standardizing the depiction of elevation, drainage, transportation, and settlement across the American landscape. Here, that disciplined cartographic tradition is especially well suited to the Coeur d’Alene region, where water and relief define the human story. The contouring records the rise and fall of rolling hills and wooded slopes, while the blue tracery of rivers, lakes, bays, and inlets anchors the map in a landscape shaped by glacial and fluvial forces. It is a work of practical science with enduring historical grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoeur d’Alene Lake dominates the composition, its long shoreline articulated through bays, points, islands, and coves that convey the complexity of northern Idaho’s lake country. Wolf Lodge Bay, Mica Bay, Shoemaker Bay, and Blackwell Island appear as distinctive landmarks along the water’s edge, each tying the map to a geography of travel, fishing, timber, and recreation. To the north and west, Hayden Lake and Twin Lakes broaden the hydrological character of the sheet, while the Spokane River marks an important outflow and corridor toward Washington. These water features were not merely scenic; they structured settlement, transportation, industry, and leisure. In the mid-twentieth century, the lakes and river valleys around Coeur d’Alene were already central to the region’s identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe populated places shown on the map reveal a landscape in transition. Coeur d’Alene itself appears as the principal urban focus, while Rathdrum and Post Falls signal the importance of neighboring communities along regional routes. State Highway 95 and Interstate 90 record the growing dominance of automobile travel and interstate connectivity, linking local settlements to broader commercial and recreational networks. E. B. Johnson Airport adds another layer to this infrastructure, reflecting the expanding mobility of the postwar era. Scattered roads, trails, and minor routes thread through valleys, forests, and hill country, suggesting both settled access and the persistence of rugged terrain. The map quietly documents how a once-remote resource landscape was being drawn ever more tightly into modern circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond its towns and roads, the map’s great appeal lies in its topographic character: dense forests, undulating uplands, ridges, valleys, and the margins of Coeur d’Alene National Forest. The contours allow the viewer to read the land almost physically, tracing the slopes that frame lakeshores and the drainage patterns that descend toward the Spokane River and Coeur d’Alene Lake. As a historical document, it preserves a mid-century view of land use and environmental structure before later waves of residential growth, tourism development, and changing forest management altered the region. For collectors, historians, and admirers of the Inland Northwest, this USGS map offers an unusually evocative synthesis of place, measurement, and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoeur d'Alene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRathdrum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoeur d'Alene Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpokane River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWolf Lodge Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMica Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHayden Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwin Lakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlackwell Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost Falls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoeur d'Alene National Forest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShoemaker Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eE. B. Johnson Airport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState Highway 95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterstate 90\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious trails and roads throughout the area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmaller geographical features, including valleys and hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:62,500 topographical map of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the surrounding area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 1957 with a 1967 imprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a traditional topographic style with contour lines to show elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploys distinct colors to differentiate land use classifications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows rolling hills, dense forests, rivers, and major water features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides mid-20th-century insight into land use, development, land management, and environmental change in the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/it\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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