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1951 Map of Lime Hills

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Lime Hills
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The Stony River and Swift River systems dominate this interior Alaskan landscape, providing a complex network of waterways that defined travel and subsistence long before modern infrastructure. Central to the western half is Hungry Village (Native Village), a key point of habitation along Hungry Creek. The map documents a transition from the lower river valleys to the high peaks of the Lime Hills and the Aleutian Range, where glaciers feed into the Merrill River and Another River.

Remote passage through the mountains is marked by Sled Pass and Merrill Pass, critical corridors for movement between the interior and the coast. The distribution of solitary labels like Cabin and family-named landmarks such as Salmon Berry Lake and Little Underhill Creek suggests the seasonal patterns of trappers and Indigenous hunters. This survey, compiled from 1940s photography and early 20th-century field work, preserves the Indigenous and pioneer toponyms of a region defined by its glacial hydrology and lack of road development.