1956 Map of Charley River D-4

About this map

Bear Mountain dominates the northern reaches of this remote Alaskan interior landscape, situated just south of the Arctic Circle during the mid-1950s. The terrain is defined by dramatic elevation changes, with the headwaters of Bear Creek winding through the high country. As part of a 1956 field annotation effort, the map captures a vast, roadless wilderness long before modern infrastructure reached this portion of the Yukon-Koyukuk region. The absence of settlements or named structures on this sheet underscores the isolation of the Charley River drainage during the post-war era, serving as a primary record of the topographic character of the land as it existed prior to later development or conservation designations.