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2. Riverboat Discovery - Wikipedia

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   The Riverboat Discovery business was founded in 1950 by Jim and Mary Binkley. [1] The Binkleys were approached in 1950 by Alaska tourism entrepreneur Chuck West, who expressed interest in a local river tour in Fairbanks, Alaska, and asked if they could provide such a service. [2]

3. Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia

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   Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the founding campus of the University of Alaska system, established in 1917. Fairbanks International Airport is located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of the central business district of the city; Fairbanks is the smallest city in the United States with regularly scheduled non-stop ...

4. White Mountains National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   White Mountains National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located to the north of Fairbanks between the Elliott Highway and the Steese Highway in the White Mountains, with about 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) within its boundaries.

5. Chena River - Wikipedia

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   Easily accessible from Fairbanks, the Chena is the most popular sport-fishing river in interior Alaska. [3] Overfishing for grayling reduced their number in the Chena to "dangerous levels" by the mid-1980s. In the 21st century, sport fishing for grayling, which grow in length to 18 inches (46 cm) in the upper river, is limited to catch and release.

6. El Dorado Gold Mine - Wikipedia

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   The El Dorado Gold Mine is a gold mine and tourist attraction at the unincorporated community of Fox, near Fairbanks, Alaska.Founded in the early 1900s, the El Dorado mine underwent a gradual transformation in the latter half of the 20th century into an informational mine and tour destination.

7. Tanana River - Wikipedia

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   Fairbanks, a metropolitan area with about 100,000 residents in 2019, is a center of placer gold mining, which has continued in the basin since the mid-19th century. Limited farming also occurs in the valley near Fairbanks. [10] During World War II, it was proposed to resettle Finnish refugees in areas around the Tanana River (Operation Alaska ...