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As the Shumagin Islands are historically breeding grounds for sea otters, a wildlife refuge was established on Simeonof Island in 1958 to protect their dwindling populations. [4] In 1976 the island was designated as a wilderness area, and part of the Alaska Peninsula subunit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. [5]
Location in Alaska Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands Shumagins, Big Koniuji Island with MV Tiglax The Shumagin Islands ( Unangan : Qagiiĝun ; Russian : Острова Шумагина ) are a group of 20 islands in the Aleutians East Borough south of the mainland of Alaska , United States , at 54°54'–55°20' North 159°15'–160°45' West.
Major themes include Alaska's ancient cultures, Russian heritage, and role in World War II, but other stories are represented as well. In addition, two sites in Alaska were designated National Historic Landmarks, but the designation was later withdrawn. These sites appear in a separate table further below.
The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of 4.9 million acres (20,000 km 2), of which 2.64 million acres (10,700 km 2) is wilderness.
Bits and Pieces of Alaskan History: Published over the years in From Ketchikan to Barrow, a department in the Alaska Sportsman and Alaska magazine – v.1. 1935-1959 / v.2. 1960-1974. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0882401560. McBeath, Jerry et al. The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State (2008)
The national monument was originally proclaimed by President Jimmy Carter in December 1978 as Misty Fiords National Monument, [1] using the authorization of the Antiquities Act and became a part of an ongoing political struggle between the federal government and the State of Alaska over land use policy and authority that finally led to the ...
Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is a 400,000-acre (1,600 km 2) park in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States. [1] Kachemak Bay State Park was the first legislatively designated state park in the Alaska State Parks system. Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is the state's only legislatively designated ...
Passing just west of Mitrofania Island, Alaska, United States (at Passing just east of Simeonof Island , Alaska , United States (at 54°55′N 159°11′W / 54.917°N 159.183°W / 54.917; -159.183 ( Simeonof