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    Big Lake (Dena'ina: K'enaka Bena)is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska...
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  • (secondary coordinates) Alaska has about 3,197 officially named natural lakes, more than 409,000 natural lakes at least one hectare or bigger, approximately 67...
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  • States Big Lake, Alaska Big Lake, Indiana Big Lake, Minnesota Big Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota Big Lake Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota Big Lake, Missouri...
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    Iliamna Lake or Lake Iliamna (/ɪliˈæmnə/; Yup'ik: Nanvarpak; Dena'ina Athabascan: Nila Vena) is a lake in southwest Alaska, at the north end of the Alaska Peninsula...
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    Big Bear Lake is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located in the San Bernardino Mountains along the south shore of Big Bear Lake, and surrounded...
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    – 727-227 is on static display at FLY8MA in Big Lake, Alaska. It was transported from Anchorage, Alaska to The FLY8MA Pilot Lodge in April 2023, and...
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    (Dena'ina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook...
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    differences can be more than 35 feet (10.7 m). Alaska has more than 409,000 natural lakes at least one hectare or bigger. Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover...
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    arcticus is widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper Missouri River drainage in Montana. In...
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    on Great Bear Lake Grizzly Bear Mountain, Great Bear Lake Smoke from forest fires in Alaska blows over Great Bear Lake Great Bear Lake. Note the smoke...
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    973 ha) in Houston and adjacent Big Lake. Property loss included 454 buildings; it cost over $16 million USD. Houston, Alaska is home to the Gorilla Fireworks...
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    of the central business district of Big Lake, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Big Lake Airport has one runway (7/25) with...
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    Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31...
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    Martin Buser (category Dog mushers from Alaska)
    he moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full-time. His training operation, Happy Trails Kennels, is located in Big Lake, Alaska. He entered his...
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    (Dena'ina: Illiamna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census...
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    settlement in the area occurred at the river crossing at Big Delta and is found at the entry, Big Delta, Alaska. In 1904, the location first served as a telegraph...
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    also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33...
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  • Thumbnail for Unorganized Borough, Alaska
    The Unorganized Borough is composed of the portions of the U.S. state of Alaska which are not contained in any of its 19 organized boroughs. While referred...
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    As of 2020, Alaska has a population of 733,391. In 2005, the population of Alaska was 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior...
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    Interior Alaska is the central region of Alaska's territory, roughly bounded by the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. It is...
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    referred to as the Mat-Su Borough) is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its borough seat is Palmer, and the largest community is the census-designated...
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  • Thumbnail for 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami
    cubic yards) and about 90 million tons into the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska. The impact was heard 80 kilometers (50 mi) away, and the sudden displacement...
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    Teshekpuk Lake (Iñupiaq: Tasiqpak) is the largest lake in Arctic Alaska, at 22 miles (35 km) width on the Alaska North Slope within the National Petroleum...
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    Mount Kaguyak (category Volcanoes of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska)
    state of Alaska. The 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) wide caldera is filled by a more than 180 m deep crater lake. The surface of the crater lake lies about...
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    is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 Census and 92.5% Alaska Native. It is located in the midst...
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    Lewiston, Mammoth Lakes, North Bend-Coos Bay, Pendleton, Port Angeles, Prescott, Prince George, Salem, and Twin Falls. Key "Cities served". Alaska Airlines. March...
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    Tustumena Lake (Dena'ina: Dusdu Bena) is a lake on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska, within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and...
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  • from 1951 until 1972 Big Dipper (Blackpool), a wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England Big Dipper (Geauga Lake), a wooden roller coaster...
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  • Thumbnail for Adak, Alaska
    Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 171, down from 326...
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    meaning simply "big lake". The community of Atlin, British Columbia, is located on the eastern shore of the lake. The southern part of the lake is in the Atlin...
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