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1951 Map of Port Alexander B-2

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Port Alexander B-2
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Baranof Island meets the deep waters of Chatham Strait in this mid-century survey, revealing a landscape defined by maritime industry and remote coastal outposts. The map documents the early operations of the Fisheries Research Station at Little Port Walter, a site central to the region's salmon studies. Nearby, the designation of New Port Walter (ABAND) serves as a stark marker of the area's shifting settlement patterns as people consolidated into more sustainable harbors.

Further south along the coast, the activity at Port Alexander and the nearby Seaplane Base illustrates how critical air and sea transport were for this isolated stretch of the Tongass National Forest. From the sheltered anchorage of Port Armstrong to the historically named Graveyard Cove and Port Conclusion, the map records a series of deep-water inlets that provided refuge for the fishing fleets and research vessels navigating the Alaskan coast.