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1950 Map of Cordova C-8

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Cordova C-8
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

Prince William Sound dominates this mid-century maritime study, capturing a sparsely settled reach of the Alaska coast during the early 1950s. The shoreline detail is concentrated on the eastern edge of the map, where Knowles Head projects into the sound. Further north, the sheltered waters of Snug Corner Cove provide a natural harbor, flanked by Porcupine Pt and the higher elevations marked by survey markers like Vabm 320.

Evidence of seasonal or remote habitation appears as Cabins located on the northwest side of Goose Island, which sits across a channel from the smaller Gull Island. The hydrographic data, compiled from mid-century Coast and Geodetic Survey charts, provides numerous soundings across the deep waters of the sound, illustrating the underwater topography that defined this region's navigation before more modern revisions were made in the 1970s.