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1958 Map of Tyonek A-4

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Tyonek A-4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The Moquawkie (Tyonek) Indian Reservation anchors this coastal landscape along the western shores of Cook Inlet, where the Beluga River and Chuitna River meet the sea. This mid-century survey illustrates the ancestral lands of the Tebughna people, featuring the primary settlement of Tyonek alongside Old Tyonek and the remnants of Tobona. The proximity of a Cem and various Cabin sites near the shoreline suggests a long-standing reliance on the marine environment of Beshta Bay and Trading Bay.

Lowland marshes and complex lake systems like Congahbuna Lake and Kaldachabuna Lake dominate the interior, navigated by a Winter Trail that cuts across the southern portion of the map. From the prominent North Foreland to the rocky outcrop of Granite Pt, the map details a region defined by its seasonal access and the transition between the silty Mud flats of the coast and the densely watered tundra of the Alaskan wilderness.