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Eastern Interior Alaska (cont.) Fjords (cont.) Glaciers (cont.)
map 182–3 Kenai Fjords National Park 12, 61, Margerie Glacier 146
restaurants 255 65, 106–7 Matanuska Glacier 182, 184
travel 183 Misty Fiords National Monument 130 Mendenhall Glacier 15, 30, 145
visitor information 271 Flattop Mountain 82 Miles Glacier 123
Ecological problems 20–21 Flowers 232 Muldrow Glacier 169
Economy 21 FOAST Law Enforcement Museum Portage Glacier 85
Edgerton Highway 187 (Anchorage) 73 Sheridan Glacier 123
Eielson Visitor Center (Denali National Street-by-Street map 71 Worthington Glacier 121
Park) 169 Fonte, Bartolomeo de 54 Glenn, Major Edwin F 184
Eisenhower, Dwight D 59, 142 Food and drink Glennallen 184
Eklutna Historical Park 81 Alaska Wild Berry Products Global warming 21, 61
Eklutna Lake 83 (Anchorage) 80 Gold Rush 20, 56–7, 58
E L Patton Yukon Bridge on cruise ships 261 Anchorage Museum 73
Dalton Highway tour 222 The Flavors of Alaska 248–9 dredging for gold 178
Elderberry Park (Anchorage) 75 shopping 93 Eagle 197
Eldred Rock Lighthouse 148 vegetables 88 Ester 173
Electricity 273 see also Restaurants The Fortymile Country 196
Elliott Highway (Fairbanks) 178 Forests Gold Dredge No. 3 179
Emergencies 275 boreal forest 32, 161 Gold Dredge No. 8 (Fairbanks) 14,
Entertainment forestry in Southeast Alaska 133 178
Anchorage 94–5 temperate rainforest 32, 131 Gold Rush routes 152–3
on cruise ships 260 Fort Abercrombie State Historical The Goldfields (Dawson City) 201
Ester 173 Park (Kodiak) 207 Hope 100
Estes Brothers 100 Fort Egbert (Eagle) 197 Independence Mine State Historical
Etiquette 273 Fort Seward (Haines) 148 Park 90–91
Events 46–9 The Fortymile Country 196 Klondike Gold Rush 181
Excursions from cruise ships 262–3 Fox Last Chance Mining Museum
Exit Glacier (Seward) 13, 103 Steese Highway tour 179 (Juneau) 143
Exxon Valdez oil spill (1989) 60, 61, Fox, Sam 208 Nome 219, 233
115, 121 Frank Berton Cabin (Dawson City) 201 Skagway 150
Eyak people 115, 122 Franklin Bluffs A week in Gold Rush territory 11, 15
Eyak River Trail 123 Dalton Highway tour 223 Golf
F Fraser (near Bernard Lake) 153 Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic 49
Muskeg Meadows Golf Course
Frederick Sound 39
Fairbanks 14, 157, 174–8 Freeborn, Derek (Wrangell) 137
aurora borealis 176 Captain Cook Monument Pillar Mountain Golf Classic 49
climate 51 (Anchorage) 75 Good Friday earthquake (1964) 60,
festivals 47, 49 G 67, 85, 206
hotels 244 Government 21–2
map 174–5 Galleries see Museums and galleries Grand Pacific Glacier 146
military bases 22 Gambell 219, 235 Granduc Road 130
restaurants 254 Gardens see Parks and gardens Granite Tors Trail 177
Fairbanks Golden Days 47 Gas stations 289 Great Alaska Craftbeer and
Fairbanks Ice Museum (Fairbanks) 174 The Gates (Aniakchak River) 212 Homebrew Festival (Haines) 46
Fairs Gates of the Arctic National Park 61, Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show
Anchorage 92, 93 219, 224 (Ketchikan) 128
Fairview Inn (Talkeetna) 163 Genet, Ray 162, 163 Great Depression (1930s) 58
Fairweather Range 146 Geology Great Sitkin 28
Fall in Alaska 48 glaciers 30–31 Greater Anchorage
Fax services 278 volcanoes and earthquakes 28–9 hotels 242
Ferries George I Ashby Memorial Museum restaurants 251
Alaska Marine Highway 282–3 (Copper Center) 184 Gulf of Alaska 19
Festivals 46–9 Georgeson Botanical Garden cruising the Gulf Route 40–41
Fidalgo, Don Salvador 115, 120 (Fairbanks) 175 Gustavus 147
Film see Cinema Gilahina Trestle 187
Finger Mountain 14 Girdwood H
Dalton Highway tour 222 festivals 46, 47 H2Oasis (Anchorage) 80
Fire services 275 Turnagain Arm tour 85 Haida 26, 125
Fires 195, 275 Girdwood Forest Fair 47 history 53
Fireworks 160 Glacier Bay National Park 38, 125, 127, Prince of Wales Island 132, 133
Fish and fishing 21, 45 146–7 totem poles 25, 129
Kenai River 100 Glacier Gardens 144 Haiditarod 43
King Cove 213 Glaciers 30–31 Haines 38, 148–9
Macaulay Salmon Hatchery 144 Bering Glacier 41 festivals 46, 47, 48
Ninilchik River 110 Blackstone Bay 118 Haines Cut-Off tour 154
Ship Creek Salmon Viewing Childs Glacier 123 Haines Junction
Platform (Anchorage) 78 College Fjord 119 Haines Cut-Off tour 154
sportfishing 44–5 Columbia Glacier 65, 117, 119 Halibut Cove 13, 113
Sterling 108 Exit Glacier (Seward) 13, 103 restaurants 252
Fisherman’s Memorial (Cordova) 115, Grand Pacific Glacier 146 Hammer Museum (Haines) 149
122 Hubbard Glacier 31, 41, 155 Hammond, Jay 79
Fjords 31 Juneau Icefield 145 Harding, Warren G 173, 175
Blackstone Bay 118 Kenai Fjords National Park 106 Harding Icefield 107
College Fjord 119 Malaspina Glacier 41, 155 Harper, Walter 162
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