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1954 Map of Goodnews B-6

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Goodnews B-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Goodnews River and its major tributaries define this mid-century Alaskan landscape, revealing a remote wilderness shaped by early resource extraction and indigenous movement. The confluence of the Middle Fork Goodnews River and the main channel anchors the lower quadrant, while the high ground is dominated by prominent peaks such as Atlakumtsitak Mountain and Chingekigtlik Mountain. Evidence of human activity is concentrated along the western waterways, where a Native Trail parallels Slate Creek.

A Mining Camp (Abandoned) and nearby Airfield near the junction of Olympic Creek and Cascade Creek signal the ebb of gold-era prospecting in the Togiak region. Further north, the terrain transitions into significant alpine basins holding Arolik Lake and Canyon Lake, which feed the East Fork Arolik River. The map preserves the specific locations of isolated cabins and small drainage features like Caribou Creek and Fox Creek, providing a record of the survey as it was field-annotated in the 1950s.