21_C_1_Map_Table_Interp_Panels_0001.pdf

C.1.aSize: 49.75”w x 11”h Output:

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Scale Drawn: 100% @ 12” = 12” Vendor:

3087 TOK APLIC

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C.1.a You Are Here Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Alaska Canada

BLM/Bob Wick

Welcome to Tok—the heart of Alaska’s Eastern Interior! This region is rich with history, culture, and natural beauty. Within a day’s drive from here, you’ll find spectacular mountains, wild rivers, and countless Alaskan adventures.

You Are Here

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C.1.bSize: 53.9”w x 11”h

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C.1.b Alaska Natives Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

The trees are necessary to provide areas for legible text blocks and to cover corners of photos that don’t exist.

Added the carving motif from Area G to this reading rail to add the connection to Alaska Natives.

The Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Ahtna, and Han peoples are part of the Athabascan culture and have called these lands home for countless generations.

Skilled hunters, fishers, trappers, and craftspeople, they thrive in this challenging landscape.

The arrival of European American settlers introduced new hardships and forced assimilation—and impacted Indigenous lifestyles. But Athabascans adapted.

Despite changes, they maintain a deep connection with this landscape. Today, they weave traditional ways with modern methods.

Many Athabascan people live in Native villages like Tetlin. These aren’t tourist attractions— they’re places where real people live, work, and help their communities. Please respect Alaska Natives and others who live on private lands.

USFWS

Alaska Native Traditional Homelands

C.1.cSize: 53.9”w x 11”h

3087 TOK APLIC

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C.1.c Fortymile Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Rafting the

Fortymile River.

BLM Alaska/Craig McCaa

North of Tok, between the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, lies the watershed of the Fortymile River. Visitors are drawn to the Fortymile Country for its countless recreational opportunities. Hiking, fishing, rafting, and camping abound in this beautiful landscape.

For many rural Alaskans, the Fortymile Country has a practical side, too.

They use it for hunting, fishing, and foraging. This landscape has sustained Alaska Natives for thousands of years—and it still does today.

The Fortymile Country

The remains of an old mining dredge on the Fortymile River near Chicken, Alaska.

BLM/Craig McCaa

C.1.dSize: 49.75”w x 11”h

3087 TOK APLIC

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C.1.d Your Public Lands Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Your Public Lands This region is home to the largest swath of public land in the world! The areas outlined on the map protect stunning landscapes and critical habitat. Salmon and whitefish spawn in these rivers. Dall sheep, barren ground caribou, and Alaska-Yukon moose roam these mountains and valleys. The skies overhead are full of birds from as far away as Argentina.

These public lands are also important for people. Alaska Natives and other rural Alaskans hunt, fish, trap, and forage here. There's so much to do—how will you experience your public lands?

NPS

C.1.eSize: 53.9”w x 11”h

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C.1.e Historic Sites Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

Located on the Yukon River just a few miles from the Canadian border, the town of Eagle thrived during the Klondike Gold Rush. In the early 1900s, it was one of the most important towns in Alaska. The U.S. Army built Fort Egbert there to maintain order during the mining boom.

Eagle’s boomtown days are long past, but the town still draws visitors. Its Historic District and the restored Fort Egbert offer unique glimpses into the past.

Eagle is also a popular entry point for Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

A Historic Hub

Fort Egbert includes a collection of historic vehicles, tools, and buildings from Eagle’s Gold Rush days. ������������

A steamboat docked at Eagle, Alaska during the Yukon Gold Rush.

Alaska State Library

BLM/Bob Wick

C.1.fSize: 53.9”w x 11”h

3087 TOK APLIC

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C.1.f Tetlin Passage Map Table Reading Rail

Design Pre-Production Graphic Designer: Nan Hildebrandt

The remains of an old mining dredge on the Fortymile River near Chicken.

Known as the “Tetlin Passage,” the Tanana River Valley is one of Alaska’s greatest migration corridors. Countless ducks, geese, and caribou pass through here as they travel between their summer and winter homes.

Look at the map—can you figure out why they choose this route?

Migrating animals look for the easiest path to their destination.

Hills and mountains are exhausting to climb or fly over. The rugged terrain on either side funnels migrating animals through this valley.

The Tetlin Passage