The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its list of America’s eleven most endangered historic places and the Kake Cannery in Alaska was included in the list. This list is published by the Trust to spotlight important examples of our national heritage that are at risk of destruction. Kake Cannery held a significant role in […]
Kennecott National Historic Landmark: A ...
Kennecott is a historic mining town tucked away in a corner of the great Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Built to claim a truly huge and rich copper deposit in some of the wildest terrain of Alaska, much of this mining town remains in place. Congress designated Kennecott as a National Historic Landmark in […]
Chilkoot Trail to the Klondike: 1898 Gol...
Alaska’s Panhandle is a rocky, narrow strip of land closely abutting British Columbia, running some 644 kilometers (400 miles) from Ketchikan to the upper end of the Inside Passage at Skagway. During the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, Steamships carried thousands of prospectors through Inside Passage from Seattle to jam the docks of Skagway and […]
Ukivuk or King Island: One of Alaska’s E
Ukivuk or King Island is one of Alaska’s endangered historic places. A ghost village, residents lived on the bitter edge of the Bering Sea and migrated to Nome. Abandoned for nearly four decades, Ukivok is one of Alaska’s ghost villages hovering precariously on a rocky cliff facing the Bering Sea on what is known as […]
Skagway and the White Pass Route
For over a hundred years, Skagway has served as the primary port access for the Yukon Territory. A small town at the northern reaches of Lynn Canal, Skagway attracts nearly a million visitors a year. They come to see the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, ride the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WP&YR), […]
Izembek Refuge Access Road Rejected
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected a land exchange proposed to establish a road corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. This decision was contained in the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluated the proposed road system. A land exchange needed to move the Izembek Refuge access road project forward will not be […]