1956 Map of Charley River D-5

About this map

Little Black River winds through this interior Alaskan landscape, defining a complex network of wetlands and shifting watercourses. Surveyed in the mid-1950s using aerial photography, the map reveals a wilderness dominated by low-lying drainages and thousands of small ponds. The intricate path of Paddle Creek serves as a primary tributary, feeding into the larger river system that dominates the eastern half of the quadrangle. A solitary survey marker, VABM 844 Wet, provides a fixed point of elevation in a region characterized by its lack of human infrastructure. This map captures the area in a raw state before significant modern intervention, showing the natural hydrology of the Yukon-Koyukuk region where the land is shaped almost entirely by the movement of water across the tundra.