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1953 Map of Medfra C-4

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Medfra C-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Nowitna River winds through the northwest corner of this Interior Alaska landscape, defining a complex network of wetlands and seasonal drainages. Based on aerial photography from the mid-1950s, the terrain transitions from the low-relief swampy basins of the river valley toward the prominent elevations of the Mystery Mountains in the southeast and the Sunshine Mountains to the southwest.

This unpopulated expanse is characterized by its drainage patterns, where several significant watercourses such as Five Meadow Creek and Canyon Creek descend from the high ground. The map reflects a moment in Alaskan surveying where land lines were predetermined by the Bureau of Land Management but remained unsurveyed and unmarked on the ground, highlighting the wilderness character of the Yukon-Koyukuk region during this era.