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1959 Map of McCarthy D-1

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of McCarthy D-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Beaver Creek and its many tributaries define this remote Alaskan wilderness at the edge of the United States Canada border. Based on 1957 aerial photography, the map reveals a landscape dominated by high-altitude features like Wiki Peak and Lower Mountain. The presence of an isolated Cabin at Ptarmigan Lake and another near Rock Lake suggests the presence of seasonal trappers, hunters, or early wilderness researchers in an otherwise uninhabited territory.

A network of drainage systems, including Sanyon Creek and Cache Creek, flows through terrain where land lines represent unsurveyed and unmarked locations predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management. The map captures a moment before modern infrastructure, where the only sign of human passage is a solitary Trail winding through the northern valley near Mitten Hill, underlining the region's historical reliance on pack trails and waterways for navigation.