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1956 Map of Bettles

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Bettles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Bettles and Evansville serve as the primary hubs for this Interior Alaska landscape, situated where the John River meets the Koyukuk River. The settlement pattern reflects a reliance on river travel and seasonal routes, evidenced by the numerous subsistence outposts such as Henshaw Cabin, Oscars Cabin, and Black Jack Cabin scattered along the drainages. Further downstream, the neighboring villages of Allakaket and Alatna sit opposite each other on the riverbank, near a Landing Area and a local Cem.

The vast Kanuti Flats dominate the central portion of the map, a complex network of wetlands and lakes including Old Dummy Lake and Todatonten Lake. To the north, the Jack White Range and Birch Hill rise above the river valley. Resource extraction is noted at the Gold Bench Mine and Ironsides Bar Mine in the northeast, while transportation infrastructure is marked by Bettles Field and a series of designated Winter Roads and Winter Trails that connect these remote outposts.