Abandoned Record
About Chesaw
Chesaw is an unincorporated community in Okanogan County, Washington. Chesaw was named for the Chinese settler Chee Saw, who arrived in the mid-1890s and married a Native American woman.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Chesaw, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Chesaw is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Chesaw
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1902 Osoyoos sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1904 Osoyoos sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Okanogan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Mt Bonaparte sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Okanogan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Oroville sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Chesaw sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 2001 Chesaw sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Chesaw
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Washington index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Chesaw": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Chesaw, Washington": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q5092899.
- USGS GNIS 1517666.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).