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ISBN: 0-9613954-1-9. Copyright 2004. Softcover. 297 pages. 37 Maps, 130 B&W photos, 6 Pencil Drawings. Dimensions: 6" x 9" x .50" From the back cover: Exploring Alaska's Kenai Fjords is the most comprehensive marine guide available to the Kenai Peninsula outer coast. Ideal for planning, the guide is chock-full of salty tips for the small boat mariner, ocean kayaker, or weekend beachcomber. Don't cast off without it. Complete coverage of the 750 nm Kenai Fjords seacoast stretching from Port Bainbridge to Port Dick Part history and part maine travel guide, this unique book introduces you to the spectacular Kenai Fjords. From the early Sugpiaq inhabitants to today's heralded glacial retreat, you'll explore the ever-changing seascape of one of America's most diverse and rugged coastlines. Follow the book's information on anchorages, camping, hiking, beachcombing, and kayaking routes. Use as a reference handbook as you navigate across the shallow moraine bar at Northwestern Fjord. Find secure anchorage in tiny Taz Basin, or hunt for reliable haulout beach while paddling among ice floes in Aialik Bay's glacial basin. You'll discover this guidebook to be crammed with useful facts about the Kenai Fjords, its glaciers, marine life, coastal history, and much more. - 40 Kenai Fjords maps with easy to follow symbols and notes
- Detailed coverage includes: Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Sites, Alaska State Marine and Recreational Parks, Kachemak Bay State and Wilderness Parks
- 130 contemporary and historical photographs and vintage drawings. Table of Contents
Preface
How to Use This Book
Map List
Map Legend Part 1 Introduction to the Kenai Fjords
Chapter 1 Touring Resurrection Bay by Road
Tourist Information
Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center
Exit Glacier
Alaska SeaLife Center
Lowell Point
4th of July Creek Waterfront Area
Chapter 2 - Kenai Fjords Land Issues
Kenai Fjords National Park
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Lands
Port Graham Corporation Lands
State of Alaska Lands
Other Private Property
Chapter 3 - Key Vessel Destinations
Resurrection Bay
Heading Eastward
Heading Westward
Chapter 4 - Kayak Destinations
Resurrection Bay
Day Harbor
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kachemak Bay State Park
Glacial Basins and Tidewater Glaciers
Tidal Lagoons and Glacial Lakes
Chapter 5 - History of Kenai Fjords
Marine Birds
Marine Mammals
Vessel Guidelines for Viewing Marine Mammals
Land Mammals
Bear Tips for Campers and Hikers
Chapter 6 - Birth of the Fjords
Origin of the Kenai Peninsula
Sculpting the Kenai Fjords
The Fjord Environment
Habitats and Plant Communities
Wind in the Fjords
Chapter 7 - The Sugpiaq People
Early Dwellers of the Kenai Fjords
Culturally Modified Trees
Disease and Social Change
Chapter 8 - Russian Fur Traders
A Foreign Invasion
Alexander Baranov
James Shields and the Building the Phoenix
Chapter 9 - Charting the Fjords
Early Marine Surveys
Notable Maritime Disasters on the North Gulf Coast Part III - Marine Guide to the Kenai Fjords
Chapter 10 - Resurrection Bay
Overview
Lowell Point to Aialik Cape
Fourth of July Creek Area to Cape Resurrection
Resurrection Bay Islands
Chapter 11 - Day Harbor
Cape Resurrection to Fault Point
Chapter 12 - Chugach Coast
Fault Point to Cape Puget
Chapter 13 - Port Bainbridge
Cape Puget to Elrington Point
Chapter 14 - Aialik Bay
Aialik Cape to Aligo Point
Chapter 15 - Chiswell and Harbor Islands
Circumnavigating the Islands
Chapter 16 - Harris Bay
Aligo Point to Surok Point
Chapter 17 - Northwestern Fjord
Northwest Passage to Northwestern Glacier
Chapter 18 - McCarty Peninsula
Surok Point to Harrington Point
Chapter 19 - Pye Islands
Exploring Ragged, Rabbit, and Outer Islands
Chapter 20 - Nuka Bay
Harrington Point to Yalik Point
Chapter 21 - Nuka Bay
Harrington Point to Yalik Point
Chapter 22 - Port Dick and Lower Nuka Passage
Tonsina Bay to Port Dick's West Arm
Heading West from Port Dick Appendices
Birds of the Kenai Peninsula
Marine Mammals of the Kenai Fjords
Selected Plants on the Kenai Fjords Bibliography
Photo List
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