Moon Handbooks Alaska-Yukon

by Pitcher, Don

• ISBN13: 9781566912693
• ISBN10: 1566912695
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub

Summary

The wide open spaces of Alaska and the Yukon are explored with new maps and more detailed coverage of the national parks and cities. Photos and illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(49)
The Land	1	(8)
Geology
Glaciation
Climate
The Light and the Dark
Fauna	9	(13)
Land Mammals
Marine Mammals
Birds
Mosquitoes
Fish
Flora	22	(3)
History	25	(10)
Prehistory
European Exploration
The 19th Century
The 20th Century
Who Owns Alaska?	35	(3)
National Park Service
Forest Service
Fish & Wildlife Service
Bureau of Land Management
State Lands
Native Lands
Economy and Government	38	(3)
Cost of Living
Money for Nothin'
Making a Living
Government
Language	41	(3)
People	44	(5)
Alaskan Natives
Native Arts and Crafts
On The Road	49	(37)
Outdoor Recreation	49	(8)
Recreation on Land
Fishing
More Fun on the Water
Fun in the Air
Events	57	(1)
Accommodations	58	(3)
Food	61	(1)
Other Practicalities	62	(8)
Information Sources
Media and Communications
Money
Time and Measurements
Border Crossings
What to Take
Health and Help
Air Travel	70	(3)
Getting There by Air
Getting Around by Bush Plane
Travel by Sea	73	(5)
Ferry Service
Cruise Ships
Travel on Land	78	(5)
By Bus
By Car
By Train
Package Tours
By Bicycle
Hitchhiking
Additional Travel Tips	83	(3)
Alaska Pass
Accessible Alaska
Suggested Itineraries
Gateways	86	(17)
Getting to Alaska via Washington State	86	(2)
Seattle
Bellingham
Getting to Alaska via Canada	88	(4)
To Vancouver Island
Heading up Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert and the North Coast	92	(11)
History
Sights and Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Vicinity of Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Islands
Southeast Alaska	103	(148)
Introduction	103	(5)
Getting There
Tongass National Forest
Ketchikan	108	(18)
Sights
Recreation on Land
Recreation on the Water
Accommodations
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Vicnity of Ketchikan	126	(9)
Misty Flords National Monument
Metlakatla
Hyder and Stewart
Prince of Wales Island	135	(7)
Craig
Klawock
Other POW Towns
Recreation
POW Transportation
Wrangell	142	(9)
History
Sights
Trails and Cabins
Practicalities
The Stikine River
Petersburg	151	(10)
Sights
Le Conte Glacier
Hiking and Cabins
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Kake
Sitka	161	(14)
History
Sights
Hiking
Nearby Cabins
Other Recreation
Accommodations
Food
Entertainment and Events
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Chichagof Island	175	(4)
Hoonah
Pelican and Vicinity
Tenakee Springs
Juneau	179	(28)
History
Sights
Hiking and Cabins
Recreation
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Entertainment
Events
Information and Services
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness
Admiralty Island	207	(4)
Angoon
Cross-Admiralty Canoe Route
Pack Creek
Glacier By National Park and Preserve	211	(9)
Exploring Glacier Bay
Gustavus and Vicinity
Transportation
Yakutat	220	(3)
Practicalities
Haines	223	(12)
Sights
Hiking
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Tours and Transportation
Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Skagway	235	(16)
History
Sights
Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Chilkoot Trail
The Klondike Highway
Yukon Territory	251	(52)
Introduction	251	(3)
History
General Information
Southeastern Yukon	254	(5)
Watson Lake
Watson Lake to Whitehorse
Carcross and Vicinity
Atlin, British Columbia
Whitehorse	259	(14)
Sights
Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Alaska Highway to Beaver Creek	273	(6)
Haines Junction
Kluane National Park
To Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek
Klondike Loop	279	(3)
Carmacks
Campbell Highway
North from Carmacks
The Silver Trail
Dawson City	282	(17)
History
Sights
Vicinity of Dawson
Recreation
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Entertainment and Events
Shopping
Information and Services
Transportation
Dempster Highway	299	(4)
Heading up the Road
Inuvik
Vicinity of Inuvik
Southcentral Alaska	303	(166)
Anchorage	305	(42)
History
Starting Out
Downtown Sights
Sights Away from Downtown
Summer Recreation
Winter Recreation
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Entertainment
Drinking and Dancing
Events
Shopping
Information and Services
Getting There and Away
Getting Around
Tours
Vicinity of Anchorage	347	(5)
Chugach State Park
North of Anchorage
South of Anchorage
Girdwood to Whittier	352	(10)
Girdwood
Portage Glacier Area
Whittier
Kenai Peninsula	362	(7)
The Seward Highway
Hope
South to Seward
Seward	369	(10)
History
Sights
Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Fun and Games
Information and Services
Transportation
Kenai Fjords National Park	379	(5)
Exit Glacier Area
Camping and Cabins
Boat Tours
Northwestern Kenai Peninsula	384	(11)
Cooper Landing
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Sterling to Soldotna
Soldotna
Kenai
South to Homer
Homer	395	(14)
History
Sights
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation and Tours
Across Kachemak Bay	409	(6)
Bay Tours
Halibut Cove
Seldovia
Kachemak Bay State Park
Matanuska Valley and Vicinity	415	(13)
Palmer
Wasilla
Hatcher Pass
North to Denali	428	(10)
Denali State Park
Talkeetna
North from Talkeetna
Copper River Valley and the Wrangells	438	(12)
Heading East to Glennallen
Glennallen and Vicnity
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Richardson Highway South
Chitina
McCarthy and Kennicott
Over Thompson Pass
Valdez	450	(10)
Sights
Touring Prince William Sound
Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation and Tours
Cordova	460	(9)
Sights and Recreation
Accommodations and Food
More Practicalities
Transportation and Tours
Interior	469	(79)
Denali National Park and Preserve	469	(21)
Introduction
History
Park Entrance
Getting around Denali
Heading out the Park Road
Hiking
Other Recreation
Accommodations
Camping
Food and Entertainment
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Denali Highway and Vicinity	490	(3)
Heading East
North to Fairbanks	493	(6)
Healy and Vicinity
Nenana
Fairbanks	499	(21)
History
Downtown Sights
Creamer's Field
University of Alaska
Alaskaland
Riverboat Tour
Recreation
Accommodations
Camping
Food
Entertainment
Events
Shopping and Services
Information
Transportation
Suburbs of Fairbanks	520	(5)
North Pole
Fox
Ester
Heading Out from Fairbanks	525	(11)
Chena Hot Springs Road
Steese Highway and Circle Hot Springs
The Elliott Highway and Manley Hot Springs
Dalton Highway
Eastern Interior Alaska	536	(12)
Delta Junction
Tok
Taylor Highway
Eagle
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Southwest Alaska	548	(37)
Kodiak Island	550	(16)
History
Sights
Out-of-Town Sights
Recreation
Accommodations and Camping
Food
Other Practicalities
Transportation
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska Peninsula	566	(8)
Lake Clark National Park
Katmai National Park
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary
Aniakchak National Monument
National Wildlife Refuges
The Aleutian Islands	574	(11)
War in the Aleutians
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
Other Aleutian Islands
Pribilof Islands
Western Alaska	585	(17)
Dillingham and Vicinity	585	(5)
Walrus Island State Game Sanctuary
Wood-Tikchik State Park
Bethel	590	(3)
Nome and Vicinity	593	(9)
History
In-Town Attractions
Seeing the Country
Practicalities
Transportation
St. Lawrence Island
Arctic Alaska	602	(15)
Kotzebue	604	(3)
Sights
Practicalities
Arctic Parks and Refuges	607	(3)
Bering Land Bridge and Krusenstern
Kobuk Valley National Park
Noatak National Preserve
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Other Arctic Refuges
Barrow	610	(5)
Sights
Practicalities
Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse	615	(2)
Appendix Anchorage Motels	617	(3)
Booklist	620	(4)
Index	624