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1956 Map of Chandalar

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Chandalar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The Middle Fork Chandalar River and its complex network of tributaries define this vast landscape in the Brooks Range region during the mid-1950s. Remote settlements like Venetie and Caro serve as isolated anchors within the Venetie Indian Reservation, connected to the wider territory by a Winter Trail and a Winter Rail line that traverse the valleys. The landscape is a mix of high peaks such as Snowden Mountain and Sukakpak Mountain, punctuated by strategic mountain crossings like Tobin Pass and Woodland Echo Pass.

Resource extraction and seasonal travel routes are central to the area's geography, indicated by a Gold Mine near Linda Creek and a Prospect further north. Named landmarks like Sixty-one Mile Cabin and the O'Keefe Hills provide specific waypoints for researchers tracing early twentieth-century inland travel. Large water bodies including Chandalar Lake and Big Lake appear alongside numerous smaller ponds in the flatter sections of the West Fork and North Fork Chandalar River.