Anchor River
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The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for Script error: No such module "convert".[1] into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the peninsula.[2] The river mouth is Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Homer.[1]
The middle reaches of the river pass through the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area, meant to protect fish and wildlife, especially moose.[3] The lower river intersects North Fork Road and then the Sterling Highway before reaching Anchor and the Anchor River State Recreation Area (SRA) at the coast.[2]
Recreation Area
The Anchor River State Recreation Area is a popular spot for camping and fishing in the summer months, when there are salmon runs, and catch-and-release steelhead fishing. Anchor Point, the site of the SRA, is the most westerly point in the U.S. highway system.[4] From the beach at the recreation area you can see the distant peaks of the Aleutian Range, including the volcanoes Mount Augustine Mount Iliamna and Mount Redoubt[5] The area was also the site of gold mining activities in the 1890s.[6]
Anchor Point does not have a harbor, but it has a boat-launch service at the beach that uses tractors to launch and recover boats from shore to deeper water.[7]
See also
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References
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