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1956 Map of Fort Yukon D-6

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Fort Yukon D-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The interior of the Alaska Yukon-Koyukuk region is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and small water bodies, as seen in this 1956 topographical survey. This specific landscape is dominated by a cluster of named lakes, including the central Vunlui Lake and its southern neighbor Vunzik Lake. The mapping reflects the results of aerial photogrammetric methods from 1955, revealing a remote terrain where land lines represent unsurveyed and unmarked locations predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management.

Further south, the curiously named Sardine Can Lake and Cache Lake sit within a dense complex of unnamed ponds and marshes. The sparse nomenclature emphasizes the isolation of this part of the Fairbanks Meridian, where few landmarks had been established or recorded in the mid-1950s. This survey provides a primary look at the natural hydrology of the area before modern environmental changes, capturing the specific locations of these high-latitude water systems.