1955 Map of Mount Hayes B-1

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Robertson Glacier dominates the southwestern corner of this interior Alaskan landscape, feeding into a complex network of braided river channels and alpine drainage. The terrain is characterized by the massive glacial tongue and the expansive West Fork Robertson River, which carves a wide valley floor through the high mountain peaks. Aerial photography from the mid-1950s captured this remote wilderness at a time when mapping efforts focused on the immense topographical relief of the eastern Alaska Range. Small alpine features like Monte Lake and the tributary Rumble Creek provide key reference points within the steep contours, illustrating the glacial hydrology of the Robertson River watershed before later twentieth-century environmental shifts.