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1954 Map of Healy B-6

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Healy B-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

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Mt McKinley National Park encompasses a significant portion of this mid-century survey, showcasing the high-altitude hydrology and ice of the Alaska Range. The landscape is defined by the massive Polychrome Glacier and West Fork Glacier, which feed the braided drainage systems of the Teklanika River and Chulitna River. A boundary line for the Natl Park Bdy Matanuska-Susitna Borough cuts across the southeast quadrant, marking the intersection of federal preservation and local administrative limits.

Remote industrial and transportation markers appear near the southern reaches of Costello Creek. The presence of the Dunkle Mine and an adjacent Landing Strip near the confluence of Colorado Creek and Camp Creek points to the mid-century exploration and extraction efforts that penetrated this interior wilderness. Notable summits such as Mount Pendleton and Divide Mountain provide topographical anchors in a region otherwise dominated by the movement of ice and glacial melt through Easy Pass.