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Part  of  the  larger  Municipality  of   Nature Center highlights the historical,   Dena’ina  Athabascans,  it  is  the  oldest
      Anchorage, EAGLE RIVER is located about   natural and recreational resources within   inhabited location in the  Anchorage
      15 minutes from downtown via the fully lit   the Park.                    area.  The  melding  of  Russian  Orthodox
      six-lane stretch of Highway 1 through the                                 Christianity in the mid-1800s with native
      picturesque Alaskan wilderness.  Nestled   A  mile  past  the  Eklutna  River  Gorge   practices resulted in the brightly colored
      at the juncture of two major river valleys,   and Thunderbird Falls, the Native Village   spirit houses in the heavily photographed
      the community is situated between the   of  EKLUTNA  lies  26  miles  northeast  of   cemetery, in use since 1650 and now an
      Elmendorf-Richardson  military  complex   Anchorage  on  Glenn  Highway  #1.  First   historical park.
      and Chugach State Park. The Eagle River   settled more than 800 years ago by the


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