1963 Map of Bristol Bay A-1

About this map

Mud Creek meanders through the northern expanse of this 1963 Alaskan survey, defining a landscape dominated by extensive wetlands and scattered thaw lakes. This segment of the Seward Meridian captures a transitional zone where the saturated lowlands of the north meet the rising elevations of the interior. The topographical data, derived from 1957 aerial photography and field-annotated in the early 1960s, highlights subtle rises such as Alfred and Babs. These named landmarks provide navigational reference points in an otherwise fluid terrain of muskeg and unnamed water bodies. The survey reflects the mapping efforts of the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management, which predetermined unsurveyed land lines across this remote corner of the Bristol Bay quadrangle before extensive ground-level checks.