1954 Map of Ophir C-2

About this map

The Innoko River winds through this interior landscape, exhibiting a complex network of meanders and oxbow lakes that dominate the western portion of the region. This 1954 survey captures the wilderness character of the Yukon-Koyukuk area during the mid-20th century, a time when overland travel was limited to primitive routes. A solitary Tractor Trail cuts across the southwestern terrain, providing a rare trace of human transit through the drainage basins of Finland Creek and Taft Creek. To the north and east, the map details a saturated landscape of marshes and small ponds fed by Scandinavian Creek and Doctor Beaver Creek. The topography transitions from these low-lying wetlands toward the more defined elevations near Fourmile Creek, illustrating the remote and water-bound geography of the Alaska interior.