Anchor
Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kenai
Peninsula Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The community is located
along the Sterling Highway, part of Alaska State Route 1.
Anchor Point is the westernmost point in the North American
highway system. Anchor Point, "North America's Most Westerly
Highway Point" and home of the world famous Anchor River,
is just 200 miles south of Anchorage, an hour drive from the world famous
Kenai River, and twenty minutes from the grandeur of Kachemak Bay. |
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The name "Anchor Point" comes from a legend
that when Captain James Cook discovered the area, he lost an anchor.
Settlers came beginning in the early 1900s
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| Below: The tide was so low that boats and their
occupants had to be taken from the parking lot to the water by tractors.
One boat broke down and had to be towed in. Many local people came to watch
so they must have heard it on the news. Before that, there was nobody else
in sight here. |
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| The view across Cook Inlet from Anchor Point included four
volcanoes, Mt. Spurr, Mt. Redoubt, Mt. Iliamna, and Mt. St. Augustine, all
members of the Pacific Ring of Fire. On a clear day, Cape Douglas can also
be seen from the beaches and bluffs in this community. What an interesting
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| Below: Anchor Point
had a large bald eagle population and the two RV Gypsies watched the Bald
Eagles gliding with the air currents and feeding along the river and beach.
The two RV Gypsies spent hours photographing the bald eagles, golden eagles,
and other birds and hope you will enjoy the few photos they posted here. |
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Below: Beehive RV Park and "Beatrice"
the Bumble Bee RV. The two RV Gypsies did NOT use this campground,
nor eat at the diner, but Karen Duquette photographed these places as
they drove past them.
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Below: The two
RV Gypsies also thought his house was interesting enough to photograph
as they drove past it. |
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| Almost every city that the two RV Gypsies visited in Alaska
had a "visit us again soon" sign or a "thank
you for visiting" sign. |
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