1954 Map of Ophir B-1

About this map

Folger and Dominion represent the sparse human footprint in this interior Alaskan landscape as it appeared in the mid-1950s. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages, including Butte Creek, Kimbley Creek, and Canyon Creek, which flow through territory that remained largely unsurveyed and unmarked on the ground at the time of mapping. A significant Summer Trail provides a rare terrestrial route through the high ground, connecting remote drainages such as Folger Creek and Warner Creek. This survey captures the region just before the era of modern development, showing a wilderness where travel was dictated by seasonal trails and the natural corridors created by Dominion Creek and the South Fork. The map reflects a moment when the Bureau of Land Management was still predetermining land lines for this vast, unnamed portion of the Kateel River Meridian.