1952 Map of Unalakleet C-2

About this map

The Yukon River flows along the eastern edge of this mid-century topographic study, a vital waterway that defines the landscape of the Yukon-Koyukuk region. In the southeast, the Eagle Island National Wildlife Refuge and Inwr provide early documentation of protected conservation areas established under federal interest lands legislation. The interior is dominated by the high elevations of the Blackburn Hills, where numerous drainages like the Old Woman River and Bear Creek carve through the terrain. Evidence of seasonal travel or remote habitation appears in the marginal notation for a Cabin located several miles beyond the map's primary features, illustrating the isolation of this interior Alaska wilderness during the early 1950s.