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1956 Map of Livengood

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Livengood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Yukon River and the sweeping interior wilderness north of Fairbanks define this mid-century portrait of the Alaskan bush. This region is characterized by the high elevations of Livengood Dome and the White Mountains, where the landscape transition reflects the post-statehood shift toward conservation and resource management. The map documents the early path of the Dalton Highway and the Elliott Highway, essential lifelines for mining camps and remote settlements like Livengood and Minto.

Gold mining history is deeply etched into the hills of the southern quadrangle, evidenced by the cluster of camps near Pedro Dome, including Pedro Camp, Golden City, and Fairbanks Creek Camp. For those tracing the evolution of interior Alaska, the map preserves the location of the Drew Mine and the geothermal curiosity at Tolovana Hot Springs. Large-scale federal designations, such as the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, illustrate the late 20th-century layering of environmental protection over traditional mining and trapping territories.