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1956 Map of Fort Yukon A-6

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fort Yukon A-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Swede Boys Camp stands as a lonely point of human activity within this 1950s interior Alaskan wilderness, surrounded by a complex network of wetlands and thermokarst lakes. The northern reach of the map is defined by the wandering course of Beaver Creek, where drainage patterns like Long Slough and Jefferson Creek feed into a mosaic of named waters including Loon Lakes, Abraham Lake, and Ninemile Lake.

South of the low-lying Jefferson Meadows, the topography rises toward the West and East Forks of Big Creek. This transition from the saturated valley floor to the more defined relief of Mud Canyon and VABM 917 Flat illustrates the drainage divide between the Yukon Flats and the higher ground to the south. Other notable landmarks include the curiously named Shoeheel Lake and John Roberts Lake, which provide specific reference points for researchers studying the mid-century landscape of the Yukon-Koyukuk region.