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2019 Media Kit.Indd 2019 MEDIA KIT • NO. 71 Alaska Travel Planner Since 1949, the bible of North Country travel! Since 1949, the bible of • The Best-Selling Travel Guide to Alaska • • The Best-Selling Travel Guide to North Country travel! Alaska • Yukon • British Columbia • Alberta • Northwest Territories 2018 Mile-By-Mile Highway Logs ● 30 Major Routes ● 60 Side Trips ● 15,000+ Miles ● 100+ Maps Large Pull-Out “Plan-A-Trip” Map FREE Access to Digital Edition www.themilepost.com Print • Digital • Online > Marketing Copper River Valley. Rebuilt in 2013-14, it (Continued from page 435) is now called Old Town Copper Center Inn Trail Loop through the balsam poplar, quak- To Delta & Restaurant. The historic Copper Center ing aspen and white spruce trees; interpre- Junction Glenn garage across the street offers auto repair by tive programs usually available in summer. and IGHWAY IGHWAY Copper Center Loop appointment. 11:30 A.M. guided trail walk. Crown of the Fairbanks 4 Highway IGHWAY H H Continent—a 22-minute movie about the H park—is shown in the theater building on Junction the hour or upon request from 9 A.M. to 5 y y SON a To Glennallen a P.M. There is also a Junior Ranger Program f 1 DSON DSON w w V 128.5 f to h h u To y Milepost RD R C R g for kids. g k a i i o V 106.1 T Tok w H Copper H The visitor center has a large parking area h n n g Gakona i o that accommodates buses and RVs; indoor o s s H Junction d Center d r restrooms; drinking water, benches, picnic r n RICHA a a RICHA o h h s (Not to Scale) tables, bear proof trash cans, phone with c c i d i r R R a free local calls. Bottled water is for sale and h Old Richardson c hot drinks are available (for a donation) at i R Highway the Visitor Center. Free WiFi, information w e boards, a bookstore/gift shop (topographic N Copper River ©David L. Ranta, staff maps are available for sale here), fireplace Princess Lodge Brenwick-Craig Rd. Visitor information available at the with comfortable couch and chairs, and park Glennallen George I. Ashby Memorial Museum and staff to answer questions on the park and To V 115 Milepost Post Office Trail of ‘98 Museum Annex, housed in the Copper River Valley region are housed in Anchorage 1 V 101.6 historical cabins located adjacent the Old one building. The park’s museum is nearby way 4 Old Richardson High Loop Road Town Copper Center Inn. These buildings in a separate building with exhibit hall. Glenn Highway were spared by the 2012 fire. Operated by Beautiful view of the Wrangell Mountains the Copper Valley Historical Society, the from a short interpretive trail behind the To Valdez 4 museum is open daily Monday–Saturday 10 center. A.M. to 5 P.M. and Sunday 1–5 P.M., June 1– The Visitor Center is open daily, 9 A.M. Museum Labor Day weekend, in summer; season and to 6 P.M., from early May through Septem- Milepost hours may vary. Early Russian religious arti- ber, and on weekdays, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. during pipeline construction, this area has a V 100.2 Alaska River Wrangellers cles, Athabascan baskets, telegraph equip- October and April. It is closed November church, private homes and Glennallen fire Klutina River ment and minerals, copper and gold mining through March. Phone (907) 822-5234; web- station. Bike path ends northbound. To Valdez memorabilia, and trapping articles from site www.nps.gov/wrst/index.htm. Winter Highway climbs Simpson Hill north- Historic Copper Center garage in downtown Copper Center. (©David L. Ranta, staff) early-day Copper Valley are on display. Gift travelers are welcomed in winter months at bound; views to east of Wrangell Mountains. Copper Center • Loop shop with locally made items. Free admis- the Administration Building nearby, week- Mount Drum dominates the skyline to east sion, but donations are appreciated! Infor- days 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. in clear weather. settlement in this area. The Trail of ’98 from Valdez over and lodging at the Copper River Princess mation boards outside the museum reveal Also stop by the Ahtna Cultural Center, V 112.3 F 249.7 Steep downgrade south- Copper Center HPLw the glaciers came down from the mountains and joined Wilderness Lodge (access via side road west local history. located in the visitor center complex. It is bound to Tazlina River. V 100.2 F 261.8 Loca- here with the Eagle Trail to Forty Mile and Dawson. 300 from Milepost V 101.6 and at Old Town For a good viewpoint of Copper Center, open daily in summer. The center has a big V 112.6 F 249.4 The Simpson Hill over- ted on the Old Richardson miners, destitute and lonely, spent the winter here. Many Copper Center Inn & Restaurant (formerly the Klutina River and the Wrangell Moun- fish wheel and log cache on display outside look has a long paved parking area east Highway; 105 miles north suffered with scurvy and died. Soon after the turn of the Copper Center Lodge; see description in fol- tains, drive up the hill to the Copper River and indoor displays of Native history and side of highway. A wide, paved access road of Valdez via the Richard- century, the Washington–Alaska Military Cable and Tele- lowing paragraph). A grocery, gas & liquor Princess Wilderness Lodge. The view from culture. leads south to large paved turnaround area son Highway; 200 miles graph System, known as WAMCATS, the forerunner of the store is open daily; unleaded gas, propane the observation point in front of the lodge V 109.2 F 252.8 Long downhill north- and excellent viewpoint. On a clear day, from Anchorage. Popula- Alaska communications system, operated telegraph ser- available. The nearest public campground is offers fine views on a clear day of the sur- bound. the Wrangell Mountains are in view. Sign tion: 315, unincorpo- vice here between Valdez and Fairbanks.” Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site, located rounding area and mountains. V 110 F 252 Tazlina DOT station and at viewpoint with an identification dia- rated. Emergency A post office was established here in on the Richardson Highway at Milepost V Copper Center is located on the Klutina Dept. of Natural Resources office. Report gram of the Wrangell Mountains: Mount Services: Dial 911. Eleva- 1901, the same year as the telegraph station. 79.4. Try local fishing charter services in River, 1 mile from its confluence with the forest fires here or phone (907) 822-5534. Sanford (elev. 16,237 feet); Mount Drum tion: 1,000 feet. Copper Center became the principal settle- Copper Center for campsites as well. Copper River. Fishing charters, tackle, river- Begin long uphill southbound. (elev. 12,010 feet); Mount Wrangell (elev. Private Aircraft: Copper Center NR 2 air- ment and supply center in the Nelchina– The landmark Copper Center Lodge, boat service, jet-boat adventure tours, hunt- V 110.6 F 251.4 Rest area to east at south 14,163 feet); and Mount Blackburn (elev. strip, 1 S; elev. 1,150 feet; length 2,200 feet; Susitna region. located on the inner loop road, burned ing and fishing guides are available locally end of Tazlina River bridge; large paved 16,390 feet). From Glennallen, it appears as gravel; unattended. Copper Center was first called Kluti-Kaah down on May 20, 2012. Built in 1932, like Alaska River Wrangellers. There is a parking area, handicap accessible toilets if Mount Drum is the tallest peak, but it is A historical marker at Milepost V 101.9 by the Ahtna Native people. Visit the Ahtna Copper Center Lodge had its beginning as short trail to the Klutina behind the George and picnic shelters, dumpster. CAUTION: 4,000 feet shorter than Mount Sanford. Old Richardson Highway reads: Cultural Center at Milepost V 106.6 to learn the Holman Hotel, and was known as the I. Ashby Memorial Museum; ask permission Riverbank may be hazardous during high water. Visitor information for Wrangell–St. Elias “Founded in 1896 as a government agriculture more about Ahtna history. Blix Roadhouse during the gold rush days of at the Old Town Copper Center Inn. The Watch for hazard signs and barricades. National Park is available at Milepost V experiment station, Copper Center was the first white Copper Center has a post office. Dining 1897–98. It was the first lodging place in the Klutina River is popular for its red (sockeye) c 106.6 Richardson Highway. salmon run from June to early August, and V 110.8 F 251.2 Tazlina River bridge. V 115 F 247 Junction of Richardson and its king salmon run, which peaks in mid- Tazlina is Athabascan for “swift water.” The Glenn highways. The Hub of Alaska and COPPER CENTER ADVERTISERS July. Check current fishing regulations. river flows east from Tazlina Glacier into the Copper Valley Visitor Information are t Copper River. Fishing for reds, rainbow trout located at the northwest corner of the inter- Alaska River Wrangellers........... Ph. 1-888-822-3967 A favorite photo subject is the Copper and burbot (no bait, single hook only except section; 24-hour gas and diesel, convenience Copper River Princess Center City Hall, an old outhouse located for burbot sets). t grocery, pay phone, food trucks in summer. Wilderness Lodge..................... Ph. 1-800-426-0500 next to Jean Rene’ Studio Gallery near the The Copper Valley visitor information center post office.
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