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1952 Map of Hooper Bay C-3

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Hooper Bay C-3
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Hooper Bay and the surrounding coastal tundra of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge are meticulously detailed in this early 1950s survey. The landscape is defined by the complex water systems of the delta, including the Naparenjak Slough, Komolak Slough, and the Kokechik River. Human presence is concentrated near the coast at the Hooper Bay settlement, where a Cem and a system of Stakes mark the developed shoreline near Nuok Spit.

Further north, the Askinuk Mountains and Kikuktok Mtn rise sharply from the low-lying wetlands, providing a stark geographic contrast to the vast areas of sand and mud along Kokechik Bay. Historical sites such as Igrisk (Site) and the settlement of Paimiut offer a look at the distribution of seasonal sites and small communities before later twentieth-century shifts in the region's geography and infrastructure.