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Established in [[1980]] by the [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]], '''Lake Clark National Park and Preserve''' is a [[United States]] [[national park|National Park]] in southwestern [[Alaska]]. The park includes many streams and lakes vital to the [[Bristol Bay]] [[salmon]] fishery. The park allows a wide variety of recreational activities year-round.
Established in [[1980]] by the [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]], '''Lake Clark National Park and Preserve''' is a [[United States]] [[national park|National Park]] in southwestern [[Alaska]]. The park includes many streams and lakes vital to the [[Bristol Bay]] [[salmon]] fishery. The park allows a wide variety of recreational activities year-round.

[[Image:Lake Clark National Park.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Lake Clark]]<br clear=left>
[[Image:Lake Clark National Park.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Lake Clark]]<br clear=left>
Lake Clark has been called "the essence of Alaska", for it concentrates in a relatively small area of the [[Alaska Peninsula]], Southwest of Anchorage, a variety of features not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks: the junction of three mountain ranges, (the Alaska Range from the North, the Aleutian Range from the South, and the park's own rugged Chigmit Mountains), two active volcanoes (Iliamna and Redoubt), a coastline with rainforests on the East (similar to South East Alaska), and a plateau with tundra on the West (similar to Arctic Alaska), and turquoise lakes.


[[Lake Clark]] has been called "the essence of Alaska", for it concentrates in a relatively small area of the [[Alaska Peninsula]], Southwest of Anchorage, a variety of features not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks: the junction of three mountain ranges, (the Alaska Range from the North, the [[Aleutian Range]] from the South, and the park's own rugged [[Chigmit Mountains]]), two active volcanoes ([[Mount Iliamna|Iliamna]] and [[Mount Redoubt|Redoubt]]), a coastline with rainforests on the East (similar to South East Alaska), and a plateau with tundra on the West (similar to Arctic Alaska), and turquoise lakes.
No roads lead to the park and it can only be reached by small aircraft, floatplanes being the best method. The park, one of the least visited in the [[National Park Service|National Park System]], averages less than 5,000 visitors per year.

No roads lead to the park and it can only be reached by small aircraft, floatplanes being the best method. The park, one of the least visited in the [[National Park Service|National Park System]], averages fewer than 5,000 visitors per year.


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Revision as of 04:59, 13 August 2006

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
LocationAlaska, USA
Nearest cityAnchorage, AK
Area4,030,025 acres (16,308 km²)
EstablishedDecember 2, 1980
Visitors4,906 (in 2004)
Governing bodyNational Park Service

Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States National Park in southwestern Alaska. The park includes many streams and lakes vital to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery. The park allows a wide variety of recreational activities year-round.

Lake Clark


Lake Clark has been called "the essence of Alaska", for it concentrates in a relatively small area of the Alaska Peninsula, Southwest of Anchorage, a variety of features not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks: the junction of three mountain ranges, (the Alaska Range from the North, the Aleutian Range from the South, and the park's own rugged Chigmit Mountains), two active volcanoes (Iliamna and Redoubt), a coastline with rainforests on the East (similar to South East Alaska), and a plateau with tundra on the West (similar to Arctic Alaska), and turquoise lakes.

No roads lead to the park and it can only be reached by small aircraft, floatplanes being the best method. The park, one of the least visited in the National Park System, averages fewer than 5,000 visitors per year.