OUTLINE MAP OF THE PROPOSED MOUNT MC KINLEY NATIONAL PARK, FROM SURVEYS 



BY THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



and head nets, but the horses were con- 

 stantly covered with the insects, so that 

 all of them — white, bay, and black — took 

 on the dirty gray color of the mosquitos 

 themselves. 



We began our surveys at Nenana 

 River, east of the park, and extended 

 them westward over several thousand 

 square miles. 



We had spent only a short time in the 

 field when we discovered that the park 

 had been laid out in a most admirable 

 way. It is true that there is fairly abun- 

 dant big game and much country of great 

 scenic beauty outside the boundaries, but 

 we entered a game paradise and a land 

 of unrivaled scenery when we crossed the 

 park line. Singularly enough, too, when 

 we were once within the high mountains 

 of the park we left behind us most of the 

 mosquitos, and for a month were almost 

 free from the exasperating attacks of 

 these annoying pests. 



When, in the spring, we had first 

 learned of the proposal to establish this 

 park and had plotted its outline on the 

 map, we wondered at its curious shape. 

 Once we were on the ground, the' reason 



for this shape became evident. The long 

 dimension follows the general course of 

 the Alaska Range from Mount Russell to 

 Muldrow Glacier, the park including all 

 the main range from its northwest face 

 to and beyond the summit. East of 

 Muldrow Glacier the range widens to- 

 ward the north and consists of a number 

 of parallel mountain ridges separated by 

 broad, open basins. 



THE HIGHEST CLIMB ABOVE SNOW-LIXE 

 IN THE WORLD 



There, at the headwaters of Toklat and 

 Teklanika rivers, sheep and caribou range 

 in greatest abundance, and the northern 

 part of the park includes the best of the 

 game country. The reentrant angle in 

 the park line north of Muldrow Glacier 

 was so placed as to exclude the Kantishna 

 mining district and the hunting ground 

 from which the miners obtain their sup- 

 ply of meat. The total area of this great 

 playground is about 2,200 square miles. 



In scenic grandeur the stupendous mass 

 of which Mount McKinley is the culmi- 

 nating peak has no rival. The snow-line 

 here lies at about 7,000 feet, and above 



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