The Tanana River / ˈ t æ n ə n ɑː / (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: Tth’iitu’ Niign) is a 584-mile (940 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".. The river's headwaters are located at the confluence of the Chisana ...

Name. The name Yukon, or ųųg han, is a contraction of the words in the Gwich'in phrase chųų gąįį han, which means white water river and refers to "the pale colour" of glacial runoff in the Yukon River. The contraction is Ųųg Han, if the /ųų/ remains nasalized, or Yuk Han, if there is no vowel nasalization. In the 1840s, different tribes had different opinions as to the literal ...

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The following information is the best available data for many water bodies throughout Alaska. This site is updated continuously as new data becomes available. Some records are from historical surveys in excess of 50 years old. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information and documents presented.

Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska.It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage ...

Utqiagvik (Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik; IPA: [utqe.ɑʁvik], English: / ˌ ʊ t k i ˈ ɑː v ɪ k / UUT-kee-AH-vik, formerly known as Barrow (/ ˈ b ær oʊ /) is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with …

Tanana Valley Clinic TVC was founded in 1959 by Dr. Lawrence Dunlap and Dr. James Lundquist in a log cabin on the north side of the Chena River. Today, the clinic is home to over 50 providers in 15 primary and specialty care departments, and is the largest and most comprehensive locally-owned clinic in the state of Alaska.

There’s no denying it: Alaska is one of the most beautiful places on Earth, with endless opportunities for play year-round. Explore the great outdoors, participating in thrilling activities like glacier trekking or rafting or more relaxed ventures such as hiking, biking, fishing, camping, and simply immersing yourself in breathtaking wide-open spaces.

Current conditions at Fairbanks, Fairbanks International Airport (PAFA) Lat: 64.8° N Lon: 147.88° W Elev: 433 ft.

Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the United States acquired the territory in 1867 from the Russian Empire.Russian explorers discovered placer gold in the Kenai River in 1848, but no gold was produced. Gold mining started in 1870 from placers southeast of Juneau, Alaska.