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1959 Map of Valdez D-1

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Valdez D-1
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Mt Wrangell Crater dominates the northern reaches of this glacial landscape, a high-altitude terrain defined by massive ice flows and the drainages they feed. Large glacial systems including the Chetaslina Glacier, Cheshnina Glacier, and the expansive Long Glacier carve through the high country, revealing the slow geological transformation of the Copper River region during the late 1950s. These ice fields give rise to a network of active waterways like the Chetaslina River and the Cheshnina River, which is notably marked by Cheshnina Falls.

Evidence of human presence is sparse in this unsurveyed territory, limited to a single isolated Cabin located in the southern portion of the quadrangle near Limestone Creek. This map captures a moment before modern infrastructure, where the landscape is dictated by natural features such as the East Fork Chetaslina River and Clear Creek. The survey, based on 1957 aerial photography, provides a record of glacial extents and drainage patterns in a period when this part of Alaska remained largely untracked wilderness.