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1951 Map of Mt Fairweather

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Mt Fairweather
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

Mt Fairweather stands as the towering centerpiece of this mid-century survey, marking the international boundary between Alaska and British Columbia. The landscape is dominated by the immense Brady Glacier and the jagged peaks of the Fairweather Range, where massive ice fields flow into coastal inlets. In the southwest, Lituya Bay reveals a complex shoreline featuring Cenotaph I and the long reach of La Chaussee Spit.

Evidence of human enterprise appears in the remote settlement of Pelican and the coastal outpost at Elfin Cove. Most intriguing for industrial historians is the Solomon Railroad located near the mouth of the bay, a rare terrestrial transit point in a region primarily connected by the waters of Cross Sound and Icy Strait. The map also delineates the extent of Glacier Bay National Monument and the Tongass National Forest during this era of post-war exploration.