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1952 Map of Livengood C-4

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Livengood C-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Livengood serves as the focal point for this Interior Alaska landscape, situated where the Elliott Highway meets a network of historic gold-bearing drainages. The map illustrates a significant era of transition as the massive project for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is shown cutting across the northern and western sections of the territory. This infrastructure development overlays an older mining landscape, evidenced by the extensive tailings along Livengood Creek and the presence of a Landing Strip.

The topography is defined by the broad path of Hess Creek and the prominent rise of Money Knob. Numerous smaller watercourses like Ready Bullion Creek, Myrtle Creek, and Lillian Creek converge near the settlement, tracing the paths of early twentieth-century prospectors. The combination of established road access and major new industrial construction highlights the changing character of the Yukon-Koyukuk region during the mid-1970s.