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McCarthy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve . The population was 107 at the 2020 census , up from 28 in 2010.
McCarthy Road starts at the end of the Edgerton Highway in Chitina. The road is gravel-surfaced, and often very rough with many washboards and sharp turns. The route follows the railbed of the defunct Copper River and Northwestern Railway, and utilizes the spectacular Kuskulana Bridge, built in 1910, spanning 238 feet (73 m) high above the Kuskulana River at mile 17.
The McCarthy Road, within the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, is a 58-mile (93 km) extension from Chitina to McCarthy. [ 1 ] The Edgerton Highway, named for U.S. Army Major General Glen Edgar Edgerton , a member of the Alaska Road Commission , follows an old pack trail along the Copper River , and is paved.
McCarthy Road: Copper River Highway section; Length: 49.5 mi [1] (79.7 km) ... Alaska Route 10 refers to two unconnected highways in the U.S. state of Alaska:
The Alaska Syndicate traded its Wrangell Mountains Mines assets for shares in the Kennecott Copper Corporation, a "new public company" formed on April 29, 1915. A similar transaction followed with the CR&NW railway and the Alaska Steamship Company. Birch was the managing partner for the Alaska operation. [6]: 75, 212–213
McCarthy Airport (IATA: MXY, ICAO: PAMX, FAA LID: 15Z) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of McCarthy, [1] in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The rail route from Chitina to Kennicott is a roadway, the McCarthy Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 95.8 square miles (248 km 2), of which, 84.6 square miles (219 km 2) of it is land and 11.1 square miles (29 km 2) of it (11.62%) is water.
The McCarthy Power Plant, also known as the Mother Lode Coalition Mining Company Power House and the Mother Lode Plant, is a historic power plant building in the small community of McCarthy, Alaska, in the heart of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. It is a three-story wood-frame structure with a clerestory roof, located on the ...