1954 Map of Baird Inlet A-4

About this map

Dall Lake marks the northwestern corner of this 1950s landscape, which is defined by an intricate, unnamed network of water and marshland. The terrain is part of a larger survey effort by the Army Map Service using photogrammetric methods from aerial photography taken in 1952 and 1955. A primary east-west Base Line bisects the quadrangle, serving as a critical reference for the Bureau of Land Management to predetermine unsurveyed land lines across the Seward Meridian. This map provides a meticulous record of the hydrologic patterns before extensive modern changes, showing thousands of small, unlabelled ponds and lake systems that dominate the coastal plain geography of this Alaskan region.