1960 Map of Atlin A-8

About this map

The Meade Glacier dominates this mid-century survey of the high mountain reaches of the Tongass National Forest. Located along the international border between the United States and Canada, the sheet details a landscape defined by massive ice fields and the high peaks that punctuate them, such as Mt Canning and Boundary Peak 105. An Indefinite Boundary reflects the difficult surveying conditions found in these high-altitude environments, where numerous crevasses are explicitly marked across the glacial surface. In the southern portion of the map, the headwaters of the Lace River emerge from the ice, providing a clear visual record of the drainage patterns from the glacier toward the coast during the 1960s.