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Parks Highway 0 with Bearfoot WASILLA AREA MAP
LOWER P ARKS
Nancy Lake State Rec. Area
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KnikMuseum
is located on Mile 13.9 Knik Goose Bay Road
Learn about the mining and dog mushing history of Knikas you follow the trails of the old gold miners. Exhibits, Historic Homes and Buildings, and interactive experiences await you. We look forward to your visit.
COME ANDSEE!
Sunday,July 21st
Inducting DickMackeyinthe
Mushing Hall of Fame. Potluck, Mail Delivered by Dog Teamon IditarodTrail. Speakers , Presentations.
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Knik & The Iditarod Trail The original Iditarod Trail was a huge tangle of overland and river routes. Itfollowed Athabascan trails that dated to well back before the miners. During the Gold Rush of the 1890's, miners anchored their boats near what is now "Anchorage," and took smaller skiffs over to Knik. At Knik, they got on the Iditarod Trail and headed to Nome. A Knik-area dog musher, Joe Redington, was concerned that the art of dog mushing would be lost, because dogs were being replaced by snowmachines. Joe Redington and a small group of Wasilla-area local people came up with the idea ofthe current Iditarod race, hoping it would revive interest in 907-376-7755 sled dogs. They based the race on a 1925 humanitarian
Dog Sled Rides and Redington diphtheria epidemic serum run to Nome, over the old Kennel Tours May Be Available
Iditarod mail trail. The originallditarod Trail continued south, to Seward, through what is now Anchorage.
On The Old Iditarod Trail!
WASILLA AREA MAP
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Open May - October
Open Wednesday Through Sunday Or ByAppointment Hours, 1 - 6 pm