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1959 Map of Medfra

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Medfra
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Kuskokwim River and its complex network of forks define this interior Alaskan landscape, where the settlements of Medfra and Nikolai serve as primary points of human activity along the water. The map documents a transition from the broad, swampy lowlands of the Nixon Fork to the prominent heights of the Sischu Mountains and the Sunshine Mts.

A system of seasonal transport is visible through marked Winter Trails and a Tractor Trail, indicating the importance of overland movement when the many lakes, such as Upper Telida Lake and Bear Island Lake, are frozen. Isolated peaks like Limestone Mountain and Von Frank Mountain rise above the drainage basins of the Nawitna River and Sulukna River, while high-altitude crossings like Paradise Pass provide passage through the northeast ranges. This survey captures the remote geography before modern infrastructure significantly altered these traditional river and trail corridors.