1951 Map of Table Mountain

About this map

The Davidson Mountains dominate this 1951 aerial and ground-based reconnaissance, marking a massive section of the eastern Brooks Range near the Alaska Yukon border. This survey represents a critical moment in Arctic mapping, utilizing 1943 trimetrogon photography to define a landscape defined by its complex drainage basins. The Coleen River serves as a primary artery through the central territory, while the Sheenjek River and its East Fork carve deep valleys through the western highlands. To the east, the United States Canada boundary line runs through high peaks like Ammerman Mountain and the distinctively flat-topped Table Mountain. This map documents a wilderness before extensive modern activity, preserving the original indigenous and explorer-given names of waterways such as the Old Crow River, Firth River, and Kongakut River.