1952 Map of Holy Cross B-4

About this map

The Bonasila River meanders in complex oxbows and sloughs across this interior Alaskan landscape, defining a wilderness region where water and relief dominate the geography. Surveyed in the early 1950s using photogrammetric methods, the map captures the intricate drainage patterns of the Stuyahok River and the Hawk River as they thread through the lowlands. Significant elevation is found at Two Spot Mountain and Bonasila Dome, which provide the primary vertical relief against the winding course of Paradise Creek. This 1952 record of the Yukon-Koyukuk region highlights a period before significant infrastructure reached this part of the interior, noting specifically in the road classification that no roads or trails existed in the area at the time of the field annotation.