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Kenai Peninsula Borough is a borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census,the population was 58,799,up from 55,400 in 2010. The borough seat is Soldotna,the largest city is Kenai,and the most populated community is the census-designated place of Kalifornsky.
Kenai is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. By road,it is 158 miles southwest of Anchorage. The population was 7,424 as of the 2020 census,up from 7,100 in 2010,the fifteenth-most populated city in the state.
Seward is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska,United States. Located on Resurrection Bay,a fjord of the Gulf of Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula,Seward is situated on Alaska's southern coast,approximately 120 miles (190 km) by road from Alaska's largest city,Anchorage.
Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census,the population was 4,342,up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe",the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe,the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina,who historically inhabited the area. They called the Kenai Peninsula Yaghanen.
Peter Kalifornsky was a writer and ethnographer of the Dena'ina Athabaskan of Kenai,Alaska.
Kenai Fjords National Park is a national park of the United States that comprises the Harding Icefield,its outflowing glaciers,and coastal fjords and islands. The park covers an area of 669,984 acres on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska,west of the town of Seward.
The Kenai River called Kahtnu in the Dena'ina language,is the longest river in the Kenai Peninsula of southcentral Alaska. It runs 82 miles (132 km) westward from Kenai Lake in the Kenai Mountains,through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Skilak Lake to its outlet into the Cook Inlet of the Pacific Ocean near Kenai and Soldotna.
The Chugach National Forest is a 6,908,540-acre (27,958 km2) United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound,the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River Delta,it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger forest reserve. The Chugach includes extensive shorelines,glaciers,forests and rivers,much of which is untouched by roads or trails. It hosts numerous bird,mammal and marine species,including extensive shorebird habitat and a bald eagle population larger than the contiguous 48 states combined. Human industry in the forest includes extensive tourism and some mining and oil and gas operations.
Kenai Municipal Airport is a city-owned,public-use airport located in Kenai,a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Homer Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Homer,a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Peninsula Clarion is a regional newspaper published in Kenai,Alaska that serves the population of the Kenai Peninsula.
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is a 1.92-million-acre (7,770 km2) wildlife habitat preserve located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska,United States. It is adjacent to Kenai Fjords National Park. This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range,but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness area.
The 2002 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2002,for the post of Governor of Alaska. Republican U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer. Murkowski became the first Republican elected governor of Alaska since Jay Hammond in 1978.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough,Alaska.
The Peninsula Oilers are a college summer baseball club in the Alaska Baseball League. The Oilers are based in Kenai,Alaska,and their name refers to the Kenai Peninsula region. They are the league's southernmost team. The team was founded in 1974 and play their home games in the 1,300-seat Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark.
Swetman House,also known as Swetmann House and Gerhard "Stucco" Johnson House,is a historic residence at 325 5th Avenue in Seward,Alaska. The house was constructed in 1916 and was originally located adjacent to Seward's Mount Marathon. In 1920 or 1921,the original owner,Gerhard "Stucco" Johnson,sold the house to pharmacist Elwyn Swetman on condition that Swetman move the property to his own lot. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 17,1978.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 5,1968,as part of the nationwide presidential election. Voters chose three representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Kelly J. Wolf is an American politician from the state of Alaska. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2003 until 2005.
Ron Gillham is an American Republican politician from Alaska. He represented District 30 in the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
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- ↑ "For a Kenai Peninsula pharmacist, the COVID-19 vaccine fight tests friendships". Anchorage Daily News. April 23, 2021. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
