1950 Map of Gulkana C-4

About this map

The Gulkana River and its complex network of tributaries dominate this 1950s interior landscape, showing the region just as modern infrastructure began to cut through the wilderness. Along the eastern edge, the Richardson Highway provides the primary overland route, shadowed by the massive undertaking of The Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Under Construction). This juxtaposition of raw terrain and industrial progress is most evident near Sourdough, where a small settlement, Sourdough Campground, and a Gaging Sta mark a rare point of human activity.