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Copper Center is located at (61.965305, -145.318280), [5] on the Richardson Highway (Alaska Route 4), on the west bank of the Copper River, at the confluence with the Klutina It is about 16 miles southeast of Glennallen , which is on the Glenn Highway (part of Alaska Route 1 ) just west of Route 4.
The Copper River Highway begins at the Alaska Marine Highway ferry terminal in Cordova. From there, the highway proceeds through central Cordova, intersecting several small roads and passing residential and commercial buildings. [3] The road exits Cordova, and passes the large Eyak Lake, proceeding to the Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport. [3]
Three mountain ranges are passed through, Tenmile, Gore and Sawatch, and the route travels past the historic Camp Hale, used by the United States Army, 10th Mountain Division, to train soldiers during World War II. The Copper Triangle is a popular route for bicycling enthusiasts, and hosts the annual Colorado Cyclist Copper Triangle cycling event.
Montana Remembered is a collection of paintings and collages created by the founder of the Copper Village Museum and Art Center.
Southern portion of the Copper River showing the location of the railway from Cordova to Kennicott. On April 24, 1973, the railway remains, comprising 11 trestles, an abandoned native village with a Russian post and the Tiekel Station, were added as a historic district to the National Register of Historic Places. [13]
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 ]
Unlike most of the mining towns in the Calaveras County, Copperopolis' claim to fame is not gold, but copper.It was founded in 1860 by William K. Reed, Dr. Allen Blatchly, and Thomas McCarty, at the site of the second major discovery of copper ore in the region (the first was nearby Telegraph City).
Copper Mountain is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Summit County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Copper Mountain CDP was 650 at the United States Census 2020. [3]