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1956 Map of Black River D-6

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Black River D-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The winding Porcupine River and Black River dominate this interior Alaskan landscape, characterized by an intricate network of sloughs and floodplain lakes. In the mid-1950s, the area remained largely a wilderness shaped by shifting waterways, with human activity centered on isolated outposts. Notable structures include the Shuman House perched near the river bend and the Joe Ward Camp situated along the Joe Ward Slough.

Further inland, the terrain is marked by dozens of named water bodies like Sams Big Lake and Island Lake, which features a Cabin on its northern shore. The presence of a Tractor Trail near Rock Lake suggests the seasonal routes used for traversing this marshy environment. Survey markers such as VABM 513 Shuman and VABM 513 Ninemile provide fixed points across a terrain otherwise defined by the seasonal ebbs of the Ninemile Slough and Sixmile Slough.