1953 Map of Baird Inlet C-5

About this map

Baird Inlet dominates this 1953 survey, illustrating the complex transition from open water to the marshy coastal lowlands of western Alaska. The shoreline is defined by a dense network of countless small ponds, sloughs, and thaw lakes, characteristic of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. This map covers a portion of the Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range Area No 2, a designation established to manage this critical habitat. At the time of this mapping by the Army Map Service, the area remained almost entirely wild, with no roads or permanent structures recorded, reflecting the seasonal and subsistence patterns of the landscape prior to later conservation and administrative changes.