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Virtual Guidebook to
The Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Russian Orthodox church at Ninilchik.

Table of Contents
(listed from northwest to southeast)

Hope, on Turnagain Arm (4)
Cook Inlet Shore (6)
Kenai and Soldotna (2)
Homer and Homer Spit (4)
Kenai River and Kenai Lake (5)
Exit Glacier (3)
Seward Highway (5)
Seward (8)
Seward's Sea Life Center (4)
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Complete Listing
listed from northwest to southeast
Hope, on Turnagain Arm
Downtown Hope, one of Alaska's classic small towns.
Fishing for silver salmon in the creek at Hope.
Rocky point near Hope on Turnagain Arm.
A shingle beach above the mudflats of Turnagain Arm, south shore.
The Kenai Peninsula's Cook Inlet Shore
Glacial erratic boulders at Discovery Beach on Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula.
Ninilchik village, remnants of Russian America on the Kenai Peninsula.
Ninilchik from the harbor bar road.
The Russian Orthodox Church at Ninilchik, on the bluffs above the village.
The American Legion and Russian Orthodox cemeteries at Ninilchik.
Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula, westernmost point on the North American road system.
Kenai and Soldotna
Historic Kenai, churches and cabins.
Kenai Scout Park, overlooking the mouth of the Kenai River.
Homer and Homer Spit
Camping on the beach at the base of Homer Spit.
Cannery Row excursion and souvenir shops, Homer Spit.
The small boat harbor at Homer, low tide.
The Lands End Motel and restaurant on the end of Homer Spit.
The Kenai River and Kenai Lake
Boat launch ramp on the Kenai River at Russian River.
Salmon fishing frenzy at the Russian River ferry on the Kenai River.
Silver salmon on the banks of the Russian and Kenai Rivers.
The Kenai River near Cooper Landing.
The lower end of Kenai Lake.
The Exit Glacier
Looking down on the lower part of the Exit Glacier, Kenai Fiords National Park.
Blue glacial ice at the terminus of the Exit Glacier, near Seward.
Recessional moraines show the rapid retreat of the Exit Glacier.
The Seward Highway
Granite Creek in the Kenai Mountains.
Avalanche damage on the Seward Highway in the Kenai Mountains.
Old placer mining sites at Canyon Creek on the Seward Highway.
Boggy meadows near Summit Lake on the Seward Highway.
Upper Trail Lake on the Seward Highway.
Seward
Harbor Train Station, imaginative re-purposing of Alaska Railroad rolling stock.
Raingear is an important thing to buy in Seward.
Camping in the tsunami area on the Seward waterfront.
Seward's northern waterfront, swept clean by the 1964 tsunami.
Campgrounds and other temporary uses are all that is allowed in the tsunami zone.
Fourth Street, the main drag in Seward.
Ghost forest, reminder of the Good Friday Earthquake that devastated Seward in 1964.
The rocky beach at Lowell Point, near Seward.
The Sea Life Center in Seward
In front of the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward.
Below-water views of the three big tanks at the sea life center.
Large tanks at the Alaska Sealife Center hold sea lions, seals, otters, and diving birds.
The view from the deck at the Alaska Sealife Center.

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