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1955 Map of Mount Hayes C-1

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Mount Hayes C-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

The Tanana River dominates the northern landscape of this interior Alaskan territory, its braided channels and vast wetlands like Johnson Slough creating a complex riparian corridor. The mid-1950s infrastructure of the region is anchored by the Alaska Highway, which runs parallel to an Aboveground Pipeline and the river valley. The small settlement of Dot Lake appears as a critical hub along the highway, supported by a nearby Landing Strip and Gaging Sta.

To the south, the terrain rises sharply toward Knob Ridge, where the high-altitude interior is marked by numerous remote water bodies such as Plateau Lake and Fish Lake. This transition from the industrial and transport corridor of the river lowlands to the isolated highlands illustrates the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the water during the early decades of the highway's operation.