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1951 Map of Seward A-8

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Seward A-8
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The vast Harding Ice Field dominates this 1951 survey, a landscape where massive ice sheets and glacial movement define the geography of the Kenai Mountains. This map captures the region before modern climatic shifts, documenting the extensive reaches of Lowell Glacier and Bear Glacier, both of which are marked by numerous crevasses as they descend toward the coast. To the northeast, the Resurrection River basin provides a drainage path through the Chugach National Forest, joined by smaller tributaries like Martin Cr and Redman Creek.

Administrative boundaries of the mid-twentieth century are clearly delineated, including the Kenai Mountains and the Kenai National Moose Range. The presence of the Seward Base Line highlights the early surveying efforts used to organize these unsurveyed and unmarked lands. The map serves as a vital record of the interior Kenai Peninsula, showing a wilderness area defined more by its ice and water than by human settlement.