{"product_id":"map-of-juneau-alaska-by-usgs-1986-douglas-island-gastineau-channel-mendenhall-glacier","title":"Map of Juneau, Alaska by USGS, 1986 – Douglas Island, Gastineau Channel \u0026 Mendenhall Glacier","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1987 from surveys completed in 1986, “Juneau B-2 SE” presents a precise late-twentieth-century view of Alaska’s capital and its dramatic coastal setting. At a 1:25,000 scale, the map brings Juneau into close focus, tracing the city’s relationship with Douglas Island, Gastineau Channel, and the steep terrain that rises almost immediately from tidewater. This is a landscape where civic development, harbor activity, forest, mountain, and ice coexist in striking proximity. The map records not only streets and routes, but the physical pressures that shaped settlement: narrow shorelines, abrupt slopes, sheltered bays, and the commanding presence of surrounding high ground. As a provisional USGS sheet, it captures Juneau at a specific moment of survey and interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey brought to this map more than a century of institutional expertise in measuring and representing American landscapes. USGS topographic maps are prized for their disciplined visual language: contour lines, hydrographic detail, transportation networks, place names, elevation points, and land-cover coloring combine to form an authoritative portrait of terrain. In “Juneau B-2 SE,” that system is especially effective, because the region’s geography is so vertical and intricate. The mapmaker’s craft lies in making rugged complexity legible, translating mountains, valleys, channels, reservoirs, and urban corridors into a coherent field of information. For land managers, planners, hikers, engineers, and historians, such sheets served as essential instruments for understanding both access and constraint in Southeast Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuneau’s setting is the star of the composition. Gastineau Channel cuts through the map as a defining maritime corridor, separating the city from Douglas Island and linking the settlement to the wider waterways of the Inside Passage. Back Bay, Auke Bay, and other coastal indentations suggest the deep interweaving of land and sea that characterizes the region. Inland, contour lines crowd tightly around Mount Roberts and other steep slopes, emphasizing the abrupt rise from urban shoreline to alpine terrain. The Salmon Creek Reservoir appears as a key engineered feature set within a mountainous watershed, while roads and trails show the practical routes by which residents and visitors negotiated this compressed landscape of neighborhoods, forest, water, and elevation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map also situates Juneau within the immense natural framework of the Tongass National Forest, one of the defining landscapes of Alaska’s panhandle. Nearby Mendenhall Glacier evokes the glacial origins and continuing environmental drama of the region, where ice, meltwater, forest, and fjord-like channels shape both scenery and settlement. Juneau International Airport appears as a modern infrastructural node, anchoring the city’s aerial connection to the rest of Alaska and beyond, while the mapped transportation network reveals the limits and importance of local roads in a capital city not connected to the continental highway system. Eaglecrest Ski Area on Douglas Island adds another dimension, showing how recreation, elevation, snow, and access converged in the late twentieth-century life of the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a provisional map, “Juneau B-2 SE” has a particular documentary immediacy. It reflects data and interpretation made available quickly, preserving a snapshot of land use, urban expansion, and environmental context as they stood in the mid-1980s. The color-coded topographic design—lighter greens at lower elevations, darker tones and dense contours on higher ground—gives the sheet a layered visual rhythm, moving the eye from coastal flats to forested slopes and mountain ridges. Elevation markers, roads, trails, waterways, and place names together create a richly textured record of place. For collectors, the map offers more than geographic information: it is a refined cartographic portrait of Juneau at the meeting point of capital city, wilderness, ice, and sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuneau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouglas Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTongass National Forest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGastineau Channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuke Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMendenhall Glacier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuneau International Airport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCanal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Roberts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSalmon Creek Reservoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEaglecrest Ski Area\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), known for detailed topographical mapping used in land management and natural resource planning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurveyed in 1986 and published in 1987.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassified as a provisional map.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses a 1:25,000 scale with color coding and contour lines to show topographical features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight green represents lower elevations, while darker shades indicate higher elevations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepicts Juneau’s varied terrain, including hills, valleys, coastal areas, and elevation changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptures a late-20th-century snapshot of Juneau’s development and surrounding natural landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects land use, urban expansion, and environmental conditions as they appeared at the time of publication.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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