Features of the Copper River Valley

• Largest group of mountain peaks over 14,500' in North America
• Mt. Wrangell, largest active volcano in Alaska
• Numerous mud volcanoes
• Largest national park in US. Wrangell-St. Elias
• Northern most population of rainbow/steelhead
• Gulkana Hatchery produces more red salmon eggs and fry than any hatchery in world
• Great abundance of wildflowers, including a dozen species of orchids
• First Bible College in Alaska
• Copper Basin 300 sled dog race, a qualifying race for the Iditarod
• World's highest grade and concentration of copper lode ever found
• Nation's largest nesting of trumpeter swans, America's largest water fowl
• Over 200 species of birds
• Greatest concentration of glaciers in the continent
• Wildlife: moose, caribou, grizzly and black bear, Dall sheep, bison, wolves, coyotes, marten, mink, lynx
• Alaska Pipeline, world's most expensive engineering project
• Home to some of the world's greatest people