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1951 Map of Taku River B-6

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Taku River B-6
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Taku Lodge and the nearby Customhouse mark the western edge of this 1950s survey, where the glacial waters of the Taku River meet the Taku Inlet. This area of the Tongass National Forest is defined by dramatic coastal geography, including the Hole-in-the-Wall Glacier and the tidal flats of Joyce Mud at Swede Point. Further inland, the landscape rises toward Mount Swineford, surrounded by high-altitude features like Swineford Lakes and Hidden Creek.

The presence of scattered homestead entries, noted as Hes No 108, Hes No 107, and Hes No 82, indicates early attempts at land claims in this difficult terrain. The southern portion of the sheet is dominated by the massive reach of Turner Lake, which is fed by Davidson Creek and supported by remote Cabin sites, illustrating the reliance on small-scale outpost living during this era of Alaskan history.