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The Eagle River (and Chugiak) area was settled by homesteaders and prospered on agricultural activities. The name Eagle River was first reported in 1939 by the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Eagle River post office was established in 1961. In 1964, the state legislature first divided the state into seven boroughs.
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
There are about 10,000 residents, most of whom work in Anchorage or the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and are spread out mainly along the Glenn Highway.The urban cluster of Anchorage Northeast (including Chugiak and surroundings) has an estimated population of 31,000 (2010), covering an area of 15 square miles (39 km 2).
The Nike Site Summit (or just Site Summit) is a historic military installation of the United States Army in Anchorage Borough, Alaska.The site, located in the Chugach Mountains overlooking Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, is the location of one of the best-preserved surviving Nike-Hercules missile installations in the state.
Eagle River may refer to the following streams in the U.S. state of Alaska: Eagle River (Cook Inlet) flows through the community of Eagle River into Cook Inlet near Anchorage; Eagle River (Favorite Channel) flows into Favorite Channel northwest of Juneau; Eagle River (Bradfield Canal) empties into the Bradfield Canal near Wrangell
Innoko River School - Shageluk; Takotna Community School; It also operates the IASD Distance Learning Center, headquartered in Eagle River. [3] Former schools: Lime School - Lime Village [4] - Closed in 2007 as the school only had six students. [5] Minchumina School - Lake Minchumina [4] Telida [6]
Eagle River Road, like the North Fork, lies to the right of the main stem, facing downstream. [5] Eagle River Road links the visitor center to the Eagle River community 12 miles (19 km) away. [7] After receiving the North Fork from the right, the Eagle River receives the South Fork Eagle River from the left before passing under Eagle River Loop ...
The name "Yukla" was applied by Walter Curran Mendenhall in 1898 as the DenaŹ¼ina name for the Eagle River. [4] " Yuklahina" or "Yukla" means "Eagle River." [1] The mountain's toponym was proposed in 1963 by members of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, [7] and officially adopted in 1964 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [1]