1958 Map of Kenai

About this map

Cook Inlet dominates this mid-century view of the Kenai Peninsula, where the offshore industrial presence is marked by a series of oil platforms including Oil Platform Anna and Oil Platform Baker in the Trading Bay and Gompertz Channel. On the mainland, the Sterling Highway links growing communities like Kenai, Soldotna, and Sterling, while large swaths of the interior are dedicated to the Kenai National Moose Range. The landscape is defined by its massive water bodies and glacial features, from the expansive Tustumena Lake and Skilak Lake to the towering Redoubt Volcano in the Aleutian Range across the inlet. The map captures a period of transition as traditional coastal settlements like Ninilchik and Salamatof are joined by modern infrastructure and resource extraction, framed by the Chigmit Mountains and the edge of the Harding Icefield.