Information About

Amalga

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 44' 30.001" N,
134 ° 46' 0.001" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Elevation

2398 ft (730.91 m)

Amalga in Detail.

About

site of former settlement and post office at the Eagle River Mine, about 4 mi. NE of mouth of Eagle River and 22 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.;

History

A miner's name apparently derived from the word "amalgam". This mining settlement at the Eagle River Mine was established about 1902 and the post office in 1905. The settlement was abandoned about 1927 (DeArmond 1957), the same year the post office was discontinued (Ricks, 1965, p. 3).

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1952), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-3 (1996), Juneau C-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Amalga

Cities:

Bars:

Poundstone Rock,

Basins:

Cottrell Basin, Yankee Basin,

Bays:

Berners Bay, Bridget Cove, Echo Cove, Yankee Cove,

Beaches:

Glaciers:

Antler Glacier, Battle Glacier, Eagle Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Thiel Glacier,

Islands:

Benjamin Island, Mab Island, North Island, Sentinel Island,

Lakes:

Antler Lake, Evelyn Lake,

Mine:

Aurora Borealis Mine, Bessie Mine, Eagle River Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Adolph Knopf, Camp 15 Peak, Dike Mountain, Mount Ernest Gruening, Horn Spire, Mustang Peak, Thane Mountain,

Ridges:

Icefall Spires,

Rivers:

Antler River, Eagle River, Gilkey River,

Streams:

Bacon Creek, Bessie Creek, Boulder Creek, Canyon Creek, Cowee Creek, Davies Creek, Sawmill Creek, South Fork Cowee Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Bessie Creek Trail, Davies Creek Trail, Herbert Glacier Trail, Point Bridget Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail,

Valleys:

Granite Canyon,