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1955 Map of Candle

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Candle
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Candle and Buckland anchor this mid-century look at the Seward Peninsula’s eastern reaches, where the landscape is defined by a dense network of drainages flowing toward the Chukchi Sea. The map traces the long course of the Kiwalik River from its headwaters near the Continental Divide down to the Kiwalik Lagoon, illustrating a wilderness traversed by an early Telephone Line that linked remote mining camps and settlements.

In the southern portion of the sheet, Dime Landing sits along the Koyuk River, marking a transition toward the interior river systems. Terrain markers like Granite Mountain and Sugar Loaf Top provide navigational context amidst the tundra, while the northeastern corner shows the early boundaries of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. The drainage patterns of the Buckland River and its various forks—North, Middle, and South—reveal the complex hydrography of the region during this era of post-war exploration.