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1956 Map of Coleen

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Coleen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

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The Porcupine River snakes through the southern portion of this region, serving as a primary corridor for travel and settlement in the mid-1950s. Near the Upper Ramparts, several small sites like Old Rampart and Old Camp suggest the transient nature of life in the Alaskan interior during this period. The landscape is defined by the drainages of the Sheenjek River and the Coleen River, which flow south between prominent peaks such as Shoulder Mountain and Rabbit Mountain.

A solitary Tractor Trail cuts across the western flats, providing a rare land-based link between the remote waterways. High-latitude landmarks like Canalaska Mountain and Spike Mountain stand near the Alaska Yukon boundary, where the United States Canada border remains the only geopolitical line in a vast expanse of muskeg, lakes, and summits. Small localized sites such as Owens Cabins and Burnt Paw represent the sparse human footprint in this subarctic wilderness.