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Exploring Eastern Interior Alaska
Y Salmon
Village
Eastern Interior Alaska takes in not only vast swaths of landscape U
crossed by gold-bearing streams, but also the peaks of the Wrangell- Birch K Little Black Black
Creek
O
St. Elias Mountains and the eastern Alaska Range. Cutting through N
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is one of North America’s most scenic Mile Village
Twentytwo
drives, the Edgerton Highway/McCarthy Road, which leads to Kennicott, Circle
an abandoned mining town that is one of the state’s most unusual
attractions. Paxson is famous for hosting the Arctic Man, a demanding R I
snow machining challenge, while farther north lie the appealing commu- V Kandik
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nities of Eagle and Chicken. The mighty Yukon River and its tributaries Fairbanks R
offer adventurous canoeing, kayaking, and whitewater rafting.
YUKON-CHARLEY
RIVERS NATIONAL
West Point Twin Mt
5,870 ft 5,785 ft PRESERVE
Charley EAGLE
Salcha
Goodpast er
Fairbanks Fortymile
Mount Harper
Big Delta 6,520 ft THE FORTYMILE
COUNTRY TOP OF THE WORLD HWY
Tanana DELTA JUNCTION CHICKEN DAWSON CITY
Dot
Flat
Lake Mosquito TAYLOR HWY CANADA
Black ALASKA HIGHWAY
Guided hiking across the Matanuska Glacier Rapid
Tanacross
TOK RIVER STATE
RECREATION SITE
Isabel Pass TOK Tetlin Junction
Sights at a Glance DENALI HIGHWAY 3,510 ft
PAXSON Tetlin
Towns and Cities Paxson Mentasta Lake NORTHWAY
Lake
3 Glennallen TOK CUT-OFF Mentasta Nabesna
4 Copper Center RICHARDSON HWY Slana Mountains Port Alcan
5 Paxson Chistochina Copper TETLIN NATIONAL
6 Delta Junction Susitna Lake Louise Gakona Mount Sanford WILDLIFE REFUGE
Lake
8 Kennicott pp188–9 LAKE LOUISE STATE 16,183 ft Skookum Nutzotin Mountains
Volcano
q Tok RECREATION AREA Gulkana Nabesna
e Northway GLENNALLEN Chisana
W r a n g e l l M t s
t Chicken Anchorage Chickaloon GLENN HIGHWAY Mount
COPPER
Haines,
i Eagle Tazlina CENTER Wrangell WRANGELL Whitehorse
Lake
14,117 ft
p Dawson City Matanuska MATANUSKA Tonsina EDGERTON HWY/
GLACIER McCARTHY RD
National and State Parks
2 Lake Louise State Recreation Area Chitina Mount Bonanza
9 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Copper McCarthy 16,366 ft
Valdez
pp192–3 Chugach Mountains Chitina Mount Bear
w Tok River State Recreation Site 0 km 50 14,780 ft
r Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 0 miles 50
y The Fortymile Country KENNICOTT -ST. ELIAS NAT IO NA L PA RK
u Yukon-Charley Rivers National
Preserve Mount Steller
10,582 ft
Key
Areas of Natural Beauty Mount
Alaska Highway Mount Miller St. Elias
1 Matanuska Glacier Highway B e r i n g 8,845 ft 17,949 ft
7 Edgerton Highway/McCarthy G l a c i e r
Road Minor road
0 Tok Cut-Off International border
o The Yukon River pp198–9 Peak Icy Bay
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p245 and p255
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