Fox Creek Cabin
The place
Fox Creek Cabin in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Seward/Moose Pass sector (Chugach National Forest, Kenai Fjords, Alaska, United States), at a true elevation of ~250 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous), coastal boreal forest. Continuous USA Alaska cluster (batches 260-394). USDA Forest Service public use cabin (Fox, Vulpes vulpes, the iconic red fox + Chugach NF, 20,000 km², 2nd largest US National Forest, established 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt + Kenai Fjords NP, 2,712 km², est. 1980, glacial fjords with 200 m of tidal range + Kenai Peninsula, 40,000 km², sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, an iconic Alaskan fishery + heritage of the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq peoples (Eskimo people of Kodiak-Chugach, 3,000 speakers of Alutiiq in Alaska + Russian colonization, Grigory Shelikhov founded Kodiak in 1784 + Alexander Baranov, 1748-1819, governor of the Russian-American Company + the sale of Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 M, 2 cents/acre, "Seward's Folly" + statehood in 1959 + the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 24 March 1989, 260,000 barrels, Prince William Sound, an iconic environmental disaster).
The setting
Kenai Peninsula Seward/Moose Pass Chugach NF Kenai Fjords AK USA elevation listed 0 m erroneous ~250 m actual coastal boreal forest, continuous cluster batches 260-394, USFS public use cabin Fox Vulpes vulpes iconic red fox + Chugach NF 20,000 km² 2nd largest US NF est. 1907 Roosevelt + Kenai Fjords NP 2,712 km² est. 1980 fjords 200 m tidal range + Kenai 40,000 km² sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka iconic AK, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Eskimo people Kodiak-Chugach 3,000 Alutiiq speakers + Shelikhov founded Kodiak 1784 + Baranov 1748-1819 RAC governor + sale of Alaska 1867 $7.2 M 2 cents/acre Seward's Folly + statehood 1959 + Exxon Valdez 24 March 1989 260,000 barrels Prince William Sound disaster.
