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1956 Map of Beaver A-2

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Beaver A-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

The Yukon River dominates the northern landscape of this 1950s survey, carving a complex network of side channels and islands. Massive landforms like Victor Island and Marten Island are defined by the surrounding Hodzana Slough, Marten Slough, and Oscar Island Slough. This fluvial environment gives way to an expansive wetland interior, where hundreds of named and unnamed bodies of water, such as Tincan Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Twin Lakes, dot the lowlands between Nolitna Creek and Beaver Creek.

Human presence in this interior region is marked by isolated Cabins and a long-distance Winter Trail that cuts through the brush toward the southern uplands. Prominent topographic landmarks, including The Buttes Gap and Three Sleep Point, provide navigational waypoints for travelers moving between the river valley and the higher ground near Granite Creek. The map documents a landscape of seasonal transit and subsistence, where water levels and winter passage dictate movement across the terrain.