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Kenai Fjords National Park (see pp106–7), near Seward,
draws kayakers and day cruisers with its rugged coastlines,
high peaks, icefields, and glaciers. The seas here, rich in
crustaceans, fish, and plankton, host a wide variety of
Barrow marine mammals.
Kennicott (see pp188–9) in
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park,
was the processing site for the area’s
prolific copper mines. The remaining
0 km 300 ghost town is now the park’s most
popular destination.
ARCTIC AND 0 miles 300
WESTERN ALASKA
(See pp218–35)
Kotzebue
EASTERN
INTERIOR
ALASKA
Nome (See pp180–201)
WESTERN
INTERIOR
ALASKA
(See pp156–79)
SOUTHWEST ANCHORAGE Columbia Glacier (see p119), west of Valdez,
ALASKA (See pp66–95) spills down from the Chugach Mountains to
Bethel
(see pp202–17) calve icebergs into Prince William Sound, whose
PRINCE waters are a favorite of kayakers and anglers.
THE KENAI WILLIAM SOUND
PENINSULA (See pp114–23) Juneau
(See pp96–113)
SOUTHEAST
ALASKA
Kodiak (See pp124–55)
Ketchikan

A l e u t i a n I s l a n d s St. Innocent Russian
Unalaska
Orthodox Cathedral
(see p78), with
distinctive
onion domes,
dominates
Russian The Beaver Clan House (see p129),
Orthodox in Saxman Totem Park near Ketchikan,
activity in pro vides visitors with a feel for
Anchorage. Alaska’s intriguing Native cultures.

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