1954 Map of Marshall B-3

About this map

The Izaviknek River dominates this mid-century topographic record of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. Flowing through a landscape defined by an intricate network of countless unnamed tundra ponds and sloughs, the river follows a highly serpentine course across the southwestern Alaska terrain. This 1954 field-annotated survey, based on aerial photography from the early 1950s, reveals a wilderness environment before significant modern infrastructure. The hydrology shown here is typical of the vast alluvial plains between the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, where the River system creates a complex maze of water and wetlands that has historically served as a critical corridor for seasonal subsistence and travel.