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ALASKA TORCH ANNOTATED WEBSITES
Denali National Park & Preserve It's more than a mountain. Denali National Park & Preserve features
North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. The
Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many
large glaciers. Denali's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete
sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves,
Dall sheep, and moose.
Geology Field Notes: Denali National Park and Preserve Alaska http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/dena/ Mount McKinley has been called the Alaskan landscape's most impressive feature. While you may not see this great peak during your stay here, it is there! Mount McKinley is the highest mountain on the North American continent. Measured from the 2,000-foot lowlands near Wonder Lake to its summit, this mountain could be called the tallest in the world.
Denali State Park http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/denali1.htm Denali State Park is an integral part of one of North America’s
most spectacularly beautiful regions. The park’s 325,240 acres, almost
one-half the size of Rhode Island, provide the visitor with a great variety
of recreational opportunities, ranging from roadside camping to wilderness
exploration. "Kesugi" is a Tanaina Indian dialect word meaning "The Ancient One" and is a fitting complement of the Tanana Indian word "Denali" which means "The High One". Denali is the original name for Mt. McKinley. At 20,320 feet, Mt. McKinley is North America’s highest peak. It literally and figuratively towers over Southcentral Alaska from its base in Denali National Park. Denali State Park was established in 1970 and expanded to its present
size in 1976. Its western boundary is shared with its much larger neighbor,
Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly Mt. McKinley National Park.
BLM Trail Map and Guide to the Tangle Lakes National Register District http://www.glennallen.ak.blm.gov/tangle.html In southcentral Alaska, along the southern flanks of the Alaska Range,
are 226,660 acres which belong to the past Between mileposts 17 and 37
along the Denali Highway is an area rich in historic and prehistoric remains.
Amidst the jagged upthrusts of the mountains and the sweeping grandeur
of the glaciers, are more than 400 archaeological sites, making this one
of the densest concentrations of archaeological resources in the North
American Subarctic.
Tangle Lakes, Alaska; Welcome To An Endangered Landscape! http://tlad0.tripod.com/tanglelakesalaska/ The Tangle Lakes are the heart of the scenic beauty of Alaska's interior and will soon be the home of platinum strip mining operations. Currently, the U.S. Department of Interior manages several hundred thousand acres of wildlands, which include the Delta and Gulkana wild and scenic rivers as well as tens of thousands of acres covered by sites created by some of the earliest natives of our country. The Nelchina caribou herd, wolves, grizzlies and a variety of other wildlife call this area home.
1999 EXPLORATION ACTIVITY AND MINERAL POTENTIAL, EUREKA CREEK AND TANGLE LAKES PGE-Ni-Cu PROJECT, ALASKA http://www.mappingit.com/eurekacreek/report_web.html M.A.N. Resources’ Eureka Creek and Tangle Lakes PGE-Ni-Cu Project
is located 165 miles south-southeast of Fairbanks, on the southern flank
of the central Alaska Range. The project area is easily accessible from
the Richardson and Denali highways; and covers an area of approximately
23,488 hectares. To date, exploration results have been very encouraging
and indicate that the project area has a high potential for hosting ore-grade
PGE-Ni-Cu mineralization.
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