McKinley Trail Cabin
The place
McKinley Trail Cabin in the Chugach Census Area, Cordova/Copper River area (Chugach National Forest, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States), true elevation ~30 m (listing shows 0 m, acceptable for a coastal site), Chugach fjord shoreline. Continuous Alaska Chugach cluster (batches 260-406). USFS public-use cabin on McKinley Lake, Chugach NF (McKinley Lake place name + Cordova, pop. 2,000, an iconic, road-isolated salmon fishing port + Copper River, 480 km, iconic sockeye and king salmon run + Chugach NF, 27,000 km², 2nd largest NF in the USA + Prince William Sound, 15,000 km², 3,800 km of coastline + heritage of the Chugach Alutiiq (Eskimo-Aleut Chugach Alutiiq people, 3,000 speakers of the Alutiiq language + Athabaskan Ahtna, 500 speakers of Ahtna + iconic Russian Alaska heritage, 1741 Bering discovery, 1799 Kodiak, Russian-American Company, Baranov + iconic Alaska Purchase heritage, March 30 1867, Andrew Johnson, Seward's Folly, $7.2M/$4.74M from Russia + iconic Alaska statehood heritage, 49th state, January 3 1959, Eisenhower + iconic 1964 Alaska earthquake heritage, March 27 1964, Good Friday, M 9.2, 2nd strongest ever recorded, tsunami, 143 dead, epicenter Prince William Sound + iconic Exxon Valdez heritage, March 24 1989, 42 million liter spill in Prince William Sound, iconic environmental disaster + iconic salmon heritage, 4-5 Pacific species).
The setting
Chugach Census Cordova/Copper River Chugach NF Prince William Sound Alaska USA elevation 0 m coastal acceptable ~30 m actual Chugach fjord shoreline, continuous cluster batches 260-406, USFS public-use cabin Chugach NF McKinley Lake + McKinley Lake + Cordova pop. 2,000 iconic road-isolated salmon fishing port + Copper River 480 km iconic sockeye and king salmon + Chugach NF 27,000 km² 2nd largest US NF + Prince William Sound 15,000 km² 3,800 km coastline, Chugach Alutiiq Eskimo-Aleut 3,000 Alutiiq speakers + Athabaskan Ahtna 500 Ahtna speakers + Russian Alaska 1741 Bering 1799 Kodiak RAC Baranov + Alaska Purchase March 30 1867 Johnson Seward's Folly $7.2M/$4.74M from Russia iconic + 49th state Jan 3 1959 Eisenhower + earthquake March 27 1964 Good Friday M 9.2 2nd strongest worldwide tsunami 143 dead Prince William Sound epicenter iconic + Exxon Valdez March 24 1989 42 million liters Prince William Sound iconic + salmon 4-5 Pacific species iconic.
