1950 Map of Teller C-1

About this map

The Continental Divide cuts through this Seward Peninsula landscape, defining the high drainage basins of the Kougarok region. Surveyed by the Army Map Service shortly after the war, the map reveals a remote mining and transit landscape where infrastructure is built around the seasonal movement of water and equipment. The presence of the Bismarck Ditch and the Winter Trail highlights the ingenuity required to navigate and mine this terrain, where a lone Mine and Cabin near Washington Creek represent the isolated human footprint of the era.