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1963 Map of Port Moller D-5

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Port Moller D-5
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Nelson Lagoon and the surrounding marshlands of the Alaska Peninsula are captured here in a period of transition between the late 1950s and early 1960s. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of water, where the Caribou Sapsuk River and David River snake through a labyrinth of small ponds and unnamed wetlands before reaching the Bering Sea. This area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, shows little in the way of permanent infrastructure, save for isolated cabins that suggest the seasonal presence of trappers, hunters, or fishers along the coast and inland waterways.

Prominent terrain features like Happys Hill and family-named landmarks such as Dandy, Surf, and Dodo provide the only vertical orientation in this low-lying coastal environment. The boundary between land and water is fluid, marked by the tidal influences of Salt Water Lagoon and the sheltered waters of the lagoon systems. This survey reflects the post-war efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey to document the most remote corners of the territory through photogrammetric methods.