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Wasilla Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska, named by workers constructing the Alaska Railroad after a nearby creek named Wasilla Creek. [1] The lake shore is the site of a city park, Newcomb Park. [3] It is the northern terminus of the Seven-Mile Canoe Trail, the other end being at Finger Lake. [4] Outside of the park areas, most of the ...
Located near Wasilla Lake and Lake Lucille, Wasilla is one of two towns in the Matanuska Valley. The community surrounds Mi. 39–46 of the George Parks Highway, roughly 43 mi (69 km) by highway northeast of Anchorage. Nearly one third of the people of Wasilla drive the 40-minute commute to work in Anchorage every day. [23]
Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1] It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the ...
Lake Lucille is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) lake within the municipal limits of Wasilla, Alaska, located at 1] Most of the lake shoreline is private property (i.e., not incorporated into the City of Wasilla), [2] and many residents have docks for swimming, boating, or docking floatplanes. There is also a city park with a campground and boat launch.
Big Lake (Dena'ina: K'enaka Bena [2])is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 3,833 at the 2020 census , up from 3,350 in 2010.
Finger Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska. It is not technically a finger lake , but was named so by Captain Edward Glenn, who led an army expedition to Alaska in 1898 and felt that "when viewing the lake on a map, a point of land in the lake gives the impression of a finger."
Alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes, [1] more than 409,000 natural lakes at least one hectare or bigger, [2] approximately 67 named artificial reservoirs, [3] and 167 named dams. [C] [ 4 ] For named artificial reservoirs and dams, see the List of dams and reservoirs in Alaska .
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]