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Wasilla Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska, named by workers constructing the Alaska Railroad after a nearby creek named Wasilla Creek. [1] The lake shore is the site of a city park, Newcomb Park. [3] It is the northern terminus of the Seven-Mile Canoe Trail, the other end being at Finger Lake. [4]
Lake Lucille is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) lake within the municipal limits of Wasilla, Alaska, located at 1] Most of the lake shoreline is private property (i.e., not incorporated into the City of Wasilla), [2] and many residents have docks for swimming, boating, or docking floatplanes. There is also a city park with a campground and boat launch.
The Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge is located in Alaska, south of Wasilla and north of Anchorage. It is composed of 28,800 acres (11,655 ha; 45 sq mi) of coastal marshy areas adjacent to Knik Arm that support populations of moose, muskrat, foxes, coyotes, eagles, and migratory waterfowl.
Wasilla area Dena'ina [12] or Benteh Ht’ana ("Among the Lakes People") - today: Knik Tribal Council; Fish Creek-Knik Village Dena'ina or K'enakatnu Ht’ana ...
Finger Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska.It is not technically a finger lake, but was named so by Captain Edward Glenn, who led an army expedition to Alaska in 1898 and felt that "when viewing the lake on a map, a point of land in the lake gives the impression of a finger."
Knik Arm's other major tributaries are Ship Creek, Eagle River, Peter's Creek, Eklutna River and Fish Creek. The greater part of the plain, lying between the Knik Arm and the Susitna River, is drained by the Little Susitna.
Hess Creek – 50 miles (80 km) Troublesome Creek (Hess Creek) Ray River – 43 miles (69 km) Dall River – 80 miles (130 km) Hodzana River – 125 miles (201 km) Beaver Creek – 180 miles (290 km) Hadweenzic River – 93 miles (150 km) Birch Creek – 150 miles (240 km) Preacher Creek – 68 miles (109 km) Chandalar River – 100 miles (160 km)
The area around downtown Wasilla was known to the Dena'ina as Benteh, which translates as "among the lakes". Near the mouth of the Matanuska River, the town of Knik was settled about 1880. In 1900, the Willow Creek Mining District was established to the north and Knik thrived as a mining settlement. [12] Cabin at the Knik Site