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Alaska has some pretty crazy sounding -yet fun- place names.
Let's all brush up on our far north geography - Going in alphabetical order, name a place in Alaska, and the next person can post a place beginning with the next letter of the alphabet.
The use of maps and looking stuff up is highly encouraged - learn more about Alaska with this fun little game!
Here is the first letter
"A" is for Allakaket - a small village north of Fairbanks along with Koyukuk River.
Next up "B"
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Lisa, I've never been to Alaska, and probably won't ever manage it. (Though who knows?)
"B" is for Bethel.
I used to live not very far from a Bethel in Wales. It has less than 1/5 the population of Bethel, Alaska. That there are forces trying to bolster the Yup'ik culture & language is interesting, as Bethel is in a part of Wales that has managed to maintain much of the Welsh culture and language, though it's always a struggle.
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Mona, that is some pretty neat comparisons between the two communities! I am often amazed at how similar people all over the world are, and how many of us face the same issues.
"C" is for Chugach, a mountain range visible from Anchorage.
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"D" is for Dime Landing.
I wondered if its name really relates to a saying like "can land on a dime" or whether it's named for Mr. Dime, or a corruption of something else. But it has no website, Trip Adviser has no information on it, nor does anyone else. I guess it's small.
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Edwardsville, Ks
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E is also for Emmonak - a Yupiq alaskan village I ahve had the pleasure of meeting several people from. I have never visited this YukonRiver village.
next letter :"F"
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F is for Fairbanks
Next: G
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oh, another place i haven't been!
When imove this summer, I was hoping to take the ferry it wold have taken me right through
H for Haines, Alaska. I have heard there are a lot of eagles there!
next letter is "I"
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I - Igiugig I've never been to AK. I've seen it on t.v. though. 
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