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1949 Map of Juneau B-2

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Juneau B-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Juneau and its surrounding mining infrastructure anchor this post-war landscape, showing the territorial capital alongside Douglas Island and the industrial remnants of the gold era. The map details a complex network of resource extraction and utilities, including the Alaska Juneau Mill, the Alaska Juneau Adit, and the Salmon Creek Dam. Industrial development is balanced against the dramatic glacial terrain of the Tongass National Forest, where the Mendenhall Glacier feeds the Mendenhall River near the newly established Juneau Airport.

On the mainland, the Juneau Townsite Boundary encompasses established neighborhoods while transport routes like the Mendenhall Highway begin to push northward. Across the Gastineau Channel, the communities of Douglas and Treadwell are clearly delineated, connected by a network of trails and transmission lines that reveal the early 20th-century footprint of the region's massive hard-rock mining operations.