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