1949 Map of Gulkana D-3

About this map

The braided channels of the Gakona River dominate this interior landscape, illustrating the shifting watercourses of the Copper River basin. Settlement is centered around Meiers Lake, where Meier Lodge serves as a lone outpost along the Richardson Highway. This edition is particularly notable for capturing a major infrastructure milestone, showing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline while it was still under construction, paralleling the highway and crossing the Gillespie Creek and Spring Creek drainages. A network of primitive transit is evident in the Tractor Trail winding through the terrain south of Round Top Mountain. The map also details early communications with Radio Towers positioned in the northwestern corner, providing a look at the essential transport and utility corridors that connected this part of the Alaskan wilderness during the mid-20th century.