1954 Map of Dillingham B-2

About this map

Yellow Hill 2 rises above a vast expanse of glacial wetlands and unnamed kettle ponds in this mid-century survey of the Lake and Peninsula region. The landscape is dominated by a complex hydrological network of small lakes and winding drainage patterns, reflecting the remote interior wilderness near the Bristol Bay drainage. The only major named waterway on this specific sheet is Bear Courtney Creek, which meanders through the eastern portion of the quadrangle. This 1954 data, compiled by the Army Map Service, shows a terrain entirely devoid of roads or permanent settlements at the time of mapping, providing a baseline for the natural state of this Alaskan wilderness before modern development or environmental shifts altered the shoreline and marsh boundaries.