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Glennallen / ɡ l ɛ ˈ n æ l ən / (Ciisik’e Na’ in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area [a] in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census , the population of the CDP was 439, down from 483 in 2010. [ 3 ]
Refuse collection services are available from Copper Basin Sanitation, which hauls waste to the Glennallen landfill. Electricity is provided by Copper Valley Electric Assoc. Local hospitals or health clinics include Gakona Health Clinic and the Cross Road Medical Center in Glennallen (about 30 miles away).
There is an extensive area of linear sand dunes up to 250 feet (76 m) in height radiating from the mouth of the Copper River. [13] [14] Both Miles Glacier and Childs Glacier calve directly into the river. [15] The Copper enters the Gulf of Alaska southeast of Cordova where it creates a delta nearly 50 miles (80 km) wide. [13]
The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency's rejection of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The U.S. Environmental ...
Jun. 1—Melting snow is triggering erosion and high water in the Copper River Valley this week, sweeping one home into the river and leading to flooding in communities near Glennallen. High ...
Copper River Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. It is part of the Unorganized Borough and therefore has no borough seat . On January 2, 2019, it was split from the Valdez–Cordova Census Area , along with neighboring Chugach Census Area .
The Ahtna (also Ahtena, Atna, Ahtna-kohtaene, or Copper River) are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. The people's homeland called Atna Nenn' , is located in the Copper River area of southern Alaska, and the name Ahtna derives from the local name for the Copper River.
The Tazlina River is a 30-mile (48 km) tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Draining Tazlina Lake, it flows generally east to meet the larger river 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Glennallen. [1]