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1950 Map of Teller A-3

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Teller A-3
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Port Clarence and the northern shores of the Seward Peninsula dominate this 1950s-era landscape, where the shifting ice of Grantley Harbor met the seasonal routes of the Alaskan wilderness. The presence of Sullivan Camp and the intricate network of naming across the landscape — from Wild Goose Cr to Gold Run — reflects the legacy of prospecting and hydraulic mining that shaped the interior.

Logistics across this terrain relied heavily on seasonal travel, evidenced by the Winter Trail following the shoreline toward the Tuksuk Channel. The map illustrates a transitional period in the Nome region, where remote outposts were linked by waterways like the Harris River and small tributaries like Peluk Creek and Skookum Creek, maintaining the vital connection between coastal harbors and inland resource extraction sites.