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1952 Map of Marshall C-8

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Marshall C-8
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Kashunuk River meanders across this delta landscape, defining a complex network of waterways in what was then the Territory of Alaska. In this 1952 study, the river system exhibits a remarkable density of lakes and sloughs, including the prominent Nuigalak Lake and the wide reach of Nanvaranak Choa. The terrain is almost entirely water-saturated, with thousands of unnamed ponds surrounding established channels like the Piyukepuk River and the Kokechik River.

Nushkolik Mtn provides a rare point of elevation in the southwest, rising above the low-lying tundra and marshes. The hydrological patterns captured here by the Army Map Service show a landscape in constant flux, where the Nungatak River and the curiously named Wrong Creek join the broader Kashunuk drainage. This map records the precise state of these remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta waterways just before Alaskan statehood.