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The Copper River rises out of the Copper Glacier, which lies on the northeast side of Mount Wrangell, in the Wrangell Mountains, within Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park. [7] It begins by flowing almost due north in a valley that lies on the east side of Mount Sanford , and then turns west, forming the northwest edge of the Wrangell Mountains ...
Cordova (/ k ɔːr ˈ d oʊ v ə, ˈ k ɔːr d ə v ə / kor-DOH-və, KOR-də-və) is a city in Chugach Census Area, [a] Alaska, United States.It lies near the mouth of the Copper River, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound.
It is a multiple-span Pennsylvania truss bridge which completed a 196-mile (315 km) railroad line for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, built by J. P. Morgan and the Guggenheim family to haul copper from the old mining town of Kennicott, now located within the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, to the port of Cordova.
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 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]
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The Presque Isle River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula empties into Lake Superior in the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park. Environmentalists say that a new copper mine, which will be the ...
According to the 2010 United States Census (in which it was reported as the "Copper River Census Subarea"), the census area had a population of 2,952; 2,229 (75.5%) of whom were over the age of 18, and 321 (10.9%) of whom were over the age of 65. 2,032 residents (68.8%) were reported as White alone (2,020/68.4% non-Hispanic white), 11 (0.4%) as Black, 678 (23.0%) as American Indian or Alaska ...