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2000 Map of Bradfield Canal B-6

Name: 2000 Topographic Map of Bradfield Canal B-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2003
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2003

About this map

Tongass National Forest defines the interior landscape of this region, where the glacial and river systems of the Alaska Panhandle carve deep valleys toward the coast. The map illustrates a transitional wilderness at the turn of the millennium, anchored by the Marten Lake Cabin (FS) near the confluence of Marten Lake and Clay Lake. These freshwater systems are hemmed in by steep elevations, including Berg Mountain and the ice of Nelson Glacier in the north.

Water serves as the primary corridor of movement, with the Blake Channel separating the mainland from the eastern shore of Wrangell Island. Significant drainages like Aaron Creek and the Harding River dominate the topography, while a Powerline corridor and several named peaks like Perseus and Serius provide navigational landmarks in a landscape defined more by natural drainage than human infrastructure.