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The Copper River Delta, which extends for 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2), is the largest contiguous wetlands along the Pacific coast of North America. [13][15] It is used annually by 16 million shorebirds, including the world's entire population of western sandpipers and the pacific flyway population of dunlins. [29]
The Chugach National Forest is a 6,908,540-acre (27,958 km 2) [ 2 ] United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River Delta, it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger forest reserve. The Chugach includes extensive shorelines, glaciers, forests and rivers ...
The Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is a river delta located where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers empty into the Bering Sea on the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. At approximately 129,500 square kilometers (50,000 sq mi) in size, [1] it is one of the largest deltas in the world. [2][3] It is larger than the Mississippi River Delta (which varies ...
The Eyak (Eyak: ʔi·ya·ɢdəlahɢəyu·, literally "inhabitants of Eyak Village at Mile 6" [2]) are an Alaska Native people historically located on the Copper River Delta and near the town of Cordova, Alaska. Today, Eyak people live in Cordova, Yakutat, across Alaska, and the U.S. Many Eyak descendants do not qualify to be tribal members in ...
VAL-047. Added to NRHP. April 24, 1973. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway ( CR&NW) consisted of two rail lines, the Copper River line and the Northwestern line. Michael James Heney had secured the right-of-way up the Copper River in 1904. He started building the railway from Cordova, Alaska in 1906.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in south central Alaska.The park, the largest in the United States, covers the Wrangell Mountains and a large portion of the Saint Elias Mountains, which include most of the highest peaks in the United States and Canada, yet are within 10 miles (16 km) of tidewater, one of the highest reliefs in the ...
Amphitheater Mountains, Alaska Range, Copper River Census Area ... The Delta River is an 80-mile (130 km) tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]
South Fork Koyukuk River – 140 miles (230 km) Fish Creek – 60 miles (97 km) Jim River – 60 miles (97 km) John River – 125 miles (201 km) Wild River – 63 miles (101 km) North Fork Koyukuk River – 100 miles (160 km) Tinayguk River – 44 miles (71 km) Middle Fork Koyukuk River – 62 miles (100 km)