JOSEPHINE COUNTY
CANYON PEAK
Siskiyou National Forest
39S-10W-12
39S-10W-12
May 1940: "Position is in inaccessible country. Lightning is principal risk." (Plans, Guard Placement, Siskiyou National Forest)
1941: A trail constructed to the peak where a 14 by 14 L-4 lookout house erected.
June 29, 1958: "A man has been appointed to Canyon Peak, but has not been sent to his position." (Medford Mail Tribune)
July 14, 1958: "Chod Hoover, Jim and Pat London and Danny and Mrs. Hal Mohr of Grants Pass were on a two day camping trip to Baby Foot lake and Onion camp by horseback. The party stopped at Canyon peak lookout where Mrs. Mohr's husband is stationed for the summer." (Medford Mail Tribune)
Removed
DESIGNATION - CANYON PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - NZ1287
STATE/COUNTY- OR/JOSEPHINE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - JOSEPHINE MOUNTAIN (1989)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (JCS)
STATION IS THE FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT ON CANYON PEAK WHICH IS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SW OF SELMA AND 9 MILES NW OF
CAVE JUNCTION. STATION IS NOT MARKED AND WAS NOT VISITED BY
THIS PARTY.