1956 Map of Fort Yukon B-2

About this map

The braided channels of the Yukon River dominate this 1950s landscape, weaving through a dense network of sloughs and alluvial deposits within the Yukon Flats. This region is defined by its complex hydrology, where the Grass River and Sucker River meander through saturated lowlands typical of the interior Alaskan wilderness. Human presence is sparse and temporary, marked only by isolated Cabin sites and small clusters of Cabins along the water's edge, likely used for seasonal trapping or subsistence. Survey markers such as VABM Queen and VABM Halfway provide the few fixed reference points in this shifting environment of sandbars and oxbows. Notable landforms like Saloon Island appear amidst the river's split currents, illustrating the continuous process of erosion and sedimentation that reshapes the drainage basin of Squirrel Creek and its neighboring tributaries.