Caribou Creek Cabin
The place
Caribou Creek Cabin in the Municipality of Anchorage, Girdwood/Turnagain Arm area (Chugach National Forest Turnagain Arm, Alaska, United States), at a true elevation of ~50 m (recorded 0 m is acceptable for a coastal site), on the Turnagain Arm fjord shoreline. Continuous cluster Alaska Chugach (batches 260-411). USFS public-use cabin, Chugach NF Caribou Creek Turnagain Arm (Caribou Creek place name + Turnagain Arm, 74 km tidal arm, 12 m tidal range, 2nd largest tide in the world, iconic + Girdwood, 2,500 inhabitants, Alyeska ski resort + Chugach NF, 27,000 km², 2nd largest National Forest in the USA + Chugach Alutiiq heritage (Eskimo-Aleut people, Chugach Alutiiq, 3,000, Alutiiq language + Athabaskan Dena'ina, 3,000, Dena'ina language + iconic Russian Alaska heritage, 1741 Bering discovery, 1799 Kodiak Russian-American Company Baranov + iconic Alaska Purchase heritage, 30 March 1867, Andrew Johnson, Seward's Folly, $7.2 M / $4.74 M to Russia, iconic + iconic Alaska heritage, 49th state, 3 January 1959, Eisenhower + iconic Alaska earthquake heritage, 27 March 1964, Good Friday, M 9.2, 2nd strongest in the world, tsunami, 143 dead, epicentre Prince William Sound + iconic Trans-Alaska Pipeline heritage, 1977, 1,287 km, Prudhoe Bay-Valdez, $8 Bn + Exxon Valdez, 24 March 1989, spill of 42 M litres, Prince William Sound, iconic + iconic Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race heritage, 1973, 1,000 miles Anchorage-Nome, 8-15 days, Balto Serum Run 1925 Nome diphtheria, iconic + iconic Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act heritage, 18 December 1971, 44 M acres, $1 Bn, 13 Native corporations, iconic).
The setting
Anchorage Girdwood/Turnagain Arm Chugach NF Turnagain Arm Alaska USA elevation 0 m coastal acceptable ~50 m real Turnagain Arm fjord shoreline, continuous cluster batches 260-411, USFS public-use cabin Chugach NF Caribou Creek + Caribou Creek + Turnagain Arm 74 km tide 12 m 2nd world iconic + Girdwood 2,500 Alyeska ski + Chugach NF 27,000 km² 2nd NF USA, Chugach Alutiiq Eskimo-Aleut 3,000 Alutiiq + Athabaskan Dena'ina 3,000 Dena'ina + Russian Alaska 1741 Bering 1799 Kodiak RAC Baranov + Alaska Purchase 30 March 1867 Johnson Seward's Folly $7.2 M $4.74 M RU iconic + 49th state 3 Jan 1959 Eisenhower + earthquake 27 March 1964 Good Friday M 9.2 2nd world tsunami 143 dead epicentre PWS iconic + TAPS 1977 1,287 km Prudhoe-Valdez $8 Bn + Exxon Valdez 24 March 1989 42 M L PWS iconic + Iditarod 1973 1,000 miles ANC-Nome 8-15 d Balto Serum 1925 diphtheria iconic + ANCSA 18 Dec 1971 44 M acres $1 Bn 13 Native corp iconic.
