1952 Map of Marshall D-7

About this map

Kusilvak Mountains dominate the northwestern corner of this subarctic landscape, providing a rare topographical anchor in a region otherwise defined by an intricate network of waterways and ponds. The hydrography of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is captured here in exhaustive detail, showing the meandering paths of the Black River and the Kashunuk River as they thread through the tundra. Smaller distributaries like the Kipnungolak River and Kipniarak further fragment the land, illustrating the seasonal fluidity of this environment. Compiled from aerial photography by the Army Map Service in the early 1950s, the map reveals a wilderness without established roads or permanent settlements, where travel was governed entirely by the rise and fall of these major river systems.