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1954 Map of Hooper Bay A-1

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Hooper Bay A-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range Area No 1 dominates this coastal landscape, capturing a remote stretch of the Alaska wilderness in the mid-1950s. The terrain is a complex network of tidal flats and meandering waterways where the Aphrewn River and Manokinak River meet the expansive Hazen Bay. Extensive deposits of sand and mud characterize the shoreline, illustrating the dynamic siltation patterns of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region.

Smaller tributaries like the Aknerkochik River and Aprothluk River weave through the marshy lowlands, leading toward the Naskonat Peninsula in the south. This survey, based on aerial photography from 1950 and 1952, provides an essential record of the natural geography before subsequent administrative changes and renaming of the wildlife refuge system. The lack of any roads or buildings reflects the untouched state of this coastal environment during the early postwar era.