1958 Map of Lake Clark D-2

About this map

The glacial highlands of the Telaquana Pass dominate this late 1950s survey of the Alaska range, where the waters of Telaquana Lake feed into the Telaquana River. This is a landscape shaped by ice and elevation, notable for the high-altitude crevasses and the drainage systems of the Neacola River and Trail Creek. Mapped primarily through photogrammetric methods from 1957 aerial photography, the sheet records a wilderness essentially devoid of human infrastructure during this era, with no roads or trails yet established. The topography reflects a period when land lines represented unsurveyed locations predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management, emphasizing the territory's status as an emerging frontier before significant development.