1952 Map of Gulkana C-6

About this map

Tyone Village sits along the northern edge of Tyone Lake, a focal point for settlement and seasonal movement in this high interior basin during the early 1950s. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of wetlands and small water bodies that drain into the Tyone River as it winds northward to meet the West Fork Gulkana River. This region, mapped via aerial photography in 1952, showcases the isolation of the Copper River basin before extensive modern infrastructure. Geodetic markers such as Vabm 3537 Tyone and Vabm 2680 Wonderly provide precise elevation points for surveyors and historians tracking the legacy of land management in the Matanuska-Susitna area. The drainage patterns and lake clusters here illustrate the complex hydrology of the Alaskan tundra landscape.