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1952 Map of Holy Cross B-3

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Holy Cross B-3
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1974
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1974

About this map

The Yukon River dominates the eastern edge of this landscape, carving a wide path through the Alaskan interior during the early 1950s. West of the river, a complex network of waterways including the Bonasila River and Koserefski River creates a maze of sloughs and floodplains. The small settlement of Paradise sits along the Yukon’s bank, while the land rises sharply to the west toward the prominent Bonasila Dome.

A seasonal Winter Trail provides a critical overland connection, tracing the river's edge past Turtle Island and Carlo Island. The presence of features like Cement Hill and the Hunting Slough suggests the seasonal patterns of life in the region, where transportation and sustenance are dictated by the flow of the rivers and the freezing of the interior trails. This survey, based on 1951 aerial photography, documents a remote riverine environment before any modern infrastructure altered its course.