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1958 Map of Kenai

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Kenai
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Cook Inlet dominates the center of this mid-century survey, separating the glaciated peaks of the Chigmit Mountains from the expanding settlements on the western shore of the Kenai Peninsula. The map documents a critical period of industrial growth in the region, clearly labeling numerous offshore drilling structures such as Oil Platform Anna, Oil Platform Bruce, and the Oil Platform Dolly Varden within Trading Bay and the Gompertz Channel.

On the mainland, the Sterling Highway provides the primary artery connecting the communities of Kenai, Soldotna, and Ninilchik. To the east, the landscape transitions into the protected wilderness of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, where the Kenai River flows between Skilak Lake and the inlet. The map also captures the vast scale of the Harding Icefield and the Tustumena Glacier feeding into the massive Tustumena Lake, illustrating the intersection of Alaska's resource economy and its preserved natural systems.