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1956 Map of Black River

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Black River
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

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John Herberts Village and Salmon Village are the primary human settlements recorded in this 1956 survey of the interior wilderness, where the Arctic Circle crosses a landscape of labyrinthine waterways. The Black River and Little Black River dominate the drainage system, characterized by intricate oxbows and sloughs like Rotten Fish Slough and Goose Slough. Land travel is represented by a single Tractor Trail that navigates between prominent peaks such as Steamboat Mountain and Niggerhead Mountain.

The presence of the United States Canada border on the eastern edge highlights the isolation of this region during the mid-20th century. Topographic details such as Graphite Pt, Deacons Rock, and The Reef provide specific landmarks for those studying the remote geography along the Alaska Yukon boundary, while numerous named bodies of water like Moosehorn Lake and Schrader Lake illustrate the saturated nature of the river plains.