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2018 Map of Ketchikan A-2 SW

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Ketchikan A-2 SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Humpback Lake and its smaller neighbor, Little Humpback Lake, dominate the southern reaches of this wilderness quadrangle within the Tongass National Forest. The landscape is defined by a complex network of freshwater drainages, including the Red River and Cobb Creek, which carve through the dense coastal timber of Southeast Alaska. To the northwest, the map captures the transition to the Pacific Ocean near the shores of Hugh Smith Lake.

A single terrestrial route, the Humpback Trail, provides the only named overland passage through this maritime forest environment. The drainage patterns of Billy Goat Cr and Busthmann Cr reveal the steep, glaciated topography characteristic of the Ketchikan Gateway area. This 2018 survey illustrates a region where human infrastructure is largely absent, replaced by a natural economy of seasonal waterways and protected federal lands.