DISCOVER WHY YOUR KIDS WOULD LOVE TO VISIT ALASKA
Duke and Daisy are ready to help you take your kids to their next state on their plans for their fifty-state journey.
Their next destination is Alaska, the 49th state.
They also have some experts from Alaska to be the tour guides. Family members of Iditarod Trail Sled Dogs.
Alaska’s native peoples include the Athabascans, Yup’iks, Tlingit, Inupiat, and Aleuts. They arrived from Asia between 12,000 and 18,000 years ago. These travelers crossed the Bering Land Bridge. They came in clothes made from animal hides they skinned and tanned themselves. Today, they are still following heroic events like their ancestors. One of these is the Iditarod Trail sled dog race.
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The Tongass National Forest is the largest in the United States, and it’s about the size of West Virginia.
Humpback whales travel 3,100 miles during their annual migration to Mexico.
Kodiak Bears are the world’s largest, standing 10 feet or more on their hind feet.
Jack London
Elizabeth Peratrovich
Leonard Seppala
Sitka National Park
Sitka National Historical Park is a historic site in southeastern Alaska, U.S., that preserves remnants of Native American and Russian occupation of the area. The park is in the city of Sitka on Baranof Island in the Gulf of Alaska. The site was named a federal park by Pres. Benjamin Harrison in 1890. It was established as a national monument in 1910 and became a national historical park in 1972. It occupies 112 acres (45 hectares). The park contains the ruins of an Indian fortress in which the Tlingit Indians made their last stand against Russian settlers in 1804. Another feature
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is home to various wild animals like wolves, wolverines, moose, and grizzly bears, which inhabit 13,238 square miles of territory.
North Pole, Alaska
Do you believe in Santa? If not, a visit to the North Pole, Alaska, is in order. This community of about 2,700 residents keeps the Christmas spirit alive.
In addition to listing the unique places to visit in Alaska, Family Destinations Guide also lists a tip on these vacation suggestions.
Family Destination also highlights the best 11 fun things to do in Alaska with kids.
Trip Advisors in Alaska – Things to Do In Alaska with Kids
Family Destinations – 12 fun things to do in Alaska with Kids.
March 30, 1876: Secretary of State Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson purchase Alaska from Russia for two cents an acre
February 2, 1925, The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, was transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the U.S. territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs 674 miles (1,085 km) in five and a half days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from an incipient epidemic.
On April 10, 2001, Tribal council members and U.S. government officials signed the Millennium Agreement, giving the tribal nationals an equal voice in state matters.
Heartbeat Alaska: Millennium Agreement aired on April 13, 2001, and followed the historic signing of the Millennium Agreement between the state of Alaska and the Alaska Native tribes. This was the first significant acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the tribes and the government-to-government relationship
