ALASKA CRUISES
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ALASKA CITIES
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Nome
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NATIONAL PARKS
Aniakchak Preserve
Bering Preserve
Denali Park
Glacier Bay Park
Katmai Park
Kenai Fjords
Kobuk Valley
Lake Clark
Wrangell-Saint Elias
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Lake
Clark National Park
Lake
Clark needs to be on your itinerary if you have a desire to see large
and majestic waterfalls.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, is found on the western coast
of Cook Inlet, south central Alaska; founded as a national monument
in 1978, and then as a national park in 1980. The park encompasses a
large area of the
Aleutian Range.
The park and its scenery includes jagged peaks, glaciers, two active
volcanoes with symmetrical cones, and hundreds of waterfalls. Lake
Clark, the largest of the park’s many glacier lakes, is the headwaters
for the most important North American spawning ground for red salmon.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a composite of ecosystems
representative of many regions of Alaska. The spectacular scenery
stretches from the shores of Cook Inlet, across the Chigmit Mountains,
to the tundra covered hills of the western interior. The Chigmits, where
the Alaska and Aleutian Ranges meet, are an awesome, jagged array of
mountains and glaciers which include two active volcanoes, Mt. Redoubt
and Mt. Iliamna. Lake Clark, 40 miles long, and many other lakes and
rivers within the park are critical salmon habitat to the Bristol Bay
salmon fishery, one of the largest sockeye salmon fishing grounds in the
world. Numerous lake and river systems in the park and preserve offer
excellent fishing and wildlife viewing.
Summer is the time of life in Lake Clark as caribou calve, buds turn to
leaves, mosquitoes hatch, and salmon return to spawn. Fireweed, lupine,
blueberry, and bearberry abound. In autumn the burgundy-hued tundra
blankets the slopes around Turquoise Lake. Fish include five species of
salmon, rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, lake trout, northern pike, and
arctic grayling. Dall sheep, caribou and moose forage the area. Brown
and black bear are present, as well as wolves, lynx, foxes and other
mammals.
Alaska National Parks
To experience the beauty
of Alaska, we have included a few of the Alaska National Parks
which you may wish to visit.
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