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The Knik Site, (Dena'ina: K'enakatnu) also known as the Old Knik Townsite, is the location in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska that was once home to the largest settlement on Cook Inlet. The only surviving remnants of the community are a former log roadhouse, now a museum operated by the Wasilla-Knik Historical Society, and a log cabin.
Along South Knik Goose Bay Road, about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Wasilla 61°27′27″N 149°43′52″W / 61.45748°N 149.73108°W / 61.45748; -149.73108 ( Knik Wasilla
The Knik Arm Bridge and connecting roads would provide a secondary north/south roadway to Wasilla. There is concern, however, that the only paved connecting road on the Matanuska/Susitna Borough side of the bridge, which is the Knik Goose Bay Road, is presently overcapacity and listed as one of the four most dangerous roads in the state. [16]
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The City of Wasilla was founded on Dena'ina land when the Alaska Railroad was constructed in 1917. Knik, also on Dena'ina land, was the first boom-town in the valley and predates Wasilla. In 1893 the Alaska Commercial Company was built at Knik, and in 1898 Knik was settled by trappers and gold miners.
Mount Bradley in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, 2014. The borough seat is Palmer, [4] and the largest community is the census-designated place of Knik-Fairview, Alaska.. As of the 2020 census, the population was 107,081, up from 88,995 in 2010.
Bears fed in these environments will begin to rely on human food and scraps and may become destructive looking for it. Three bears were spotted in Ridgedale around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, 2024.
Knik-Fairview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . At the 2020 census the population was 19,297, up from 14,923 in 2010.