1952 Map of Unalakleet A-5

About this map

The Golsovia River and the Atchuelinguk River dominate this interior landscape, marking a remote segment of the Alaska wilderness as it was surveyed in the early 1950s. This terrain is defined by its drainage systems, where Otter Creek and the Swift River carve through the topography without any recorded roads or trails. The map illustrates a pure wilderness state, documenting the natural hydrologic patterns along the North Boundary Seward Meridian. At this scale, the sheet provides a meticulous record of the drainages feeding into larger Alaskan river systems, including Beaver Creek in the southeastern quadrant. The absence of human-made infrastructure emphasizes the area's isolation during the post-war era of aerial photogrammetric surveying.