Chatanika, Alaska
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Chatanika Template:IPAc-en is a small unincorporated community located in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States, north-northeast of the city of Fairbanks. The community runs along an approximately Script error: No such module "convert". stretch of the Steese Highway, the majority of which sees the highway paralleled by the Chatanika River. The community consists of sparsely scattered residential subdivisions, several roadside businesses, a boat launch where the Steese Highway crosses the Chatanika River, relics of past gold mining operations in the area and the Poker Flat Research Range operated by the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Chatanika was one of over a dozen small communities in the vicinity of Fairbanks whose prosperity was tied to gold mining during the Fairbanks Gold Rush. Chatanika, as the northern terminus of the narrow-gauge Tanana Valley Railroad, also owed much of its early prosperity to railroad operations, which were closely tied to the mining activity. Chatanika, along with Fox, are the only two of the numerous communities in the hills immediately north of Fairbanks which has managed to remain populated and maintain a distinct community identity.
History
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Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
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| 1910 | 193 | — | |
| 1930 | 63 | — | |
| 1940 | 106 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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Chatanika first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.[3] It did not appear on the 1920 census.[4] It appeared again in 1930[5] as Chatanika River, but the name was restored to Chatanika in 1940.[6] That was the last time it appeared on the census to date (as of 2010).
Etymology
The community was named after the Chatanika River.[1]
Geography
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Gold dredge
The Chatanika gold dredge was a historic relic of gold dredge #3 owned and operated by F.E. Company between 1928 and 1958. The dredge is located at about Script error: No such module "convert". along the Steese Highway east of Fairbanks in a Script error: No such module "convert". pond it dug itself, directly across the road from the Chatanika Lodge. The dredge was private property and off-limits to the public.[7] In August 2013 an accidental fire destroyed the dredge.[8]
References
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- ↑ Fairbanks, Alaska Information Site (F.E. Company page)
- ↑ Friedman, Sam Historic Gold Dredge No. 3 destroyed by fire; 2nd fire reported at Mile 47 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, April 8, 2013
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