Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Kenai River [Kee-nye] is a meltwater river that drains the central Kenai Peninsula region. Its source is the Kenai Lake. [1] Near Cooper Landing, the lake narrows to form the river. About 12 miles (19 km) from the lake, the river passes through Kenai Canyon for about 2 miles (3.2 km) of fast-flowing whitewater rapids.
The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association ( CIAA) is a non-profit organization based in Kenai, Alaska, that works to create sustainable salmon stocks in the Cook Inlet area. Initially the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ran most hatchery programs in Alaska, but as commercial fishermen began to see the benefits of such programs and began their ...
Sockeye salmon. The sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning.
Kenai Lake ( Dena'ina : Sqilan Bena) is a large, "zig-zag" shaped lake [1] on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake forms the headwaters of the Kenai River, [2] and is itself a destination for fishing and other outdoor activity. The Dena'ina call the lake Sqilan Bena, meaning "ridge lake place". [3] Due to its size and shape it is accessible ...
Hidden Lake is a lake on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, formed by an ancient channel of the Kenai River. [1] [2] It is located entirely inside the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The lake is deepest at its southeast end, with depths up to 148 feet (45 m). The back country section of the lake in the northwest has several islands and depths in ...
The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.The name Kenai (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ /, KEE-ny) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina ("People along the Kahtnu (Kenai River)"), who historically inhabited the area.
Birding. The Copper River Delta, which extends for 700,000 acres (2,800 km 2 ), is the largest contiguous wetlands along the Pacific coast of North America. [13] [15] It is used annually by 16 million shorebirds, including the world's entire population of western sandpipers and the pacific flyway population of dunlins. [29]
The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for 30 miles (48 km) [1] into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the peninsula. [3] The river mouth is 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Homer.