Information About

The Gorge

Quick Facts

Open in The Map The Gorge on The Map

Location

61 ° 24' 11.002" N,
148 ° 36' 27" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Palmer

Elevation

197 ft (60.05 m)

The Gorge in Detail.

About

along course of Lake Fork Knik River, 20 mi. SE of Palmer, Chugach Mts. 5 miles long.

History

Descriptive name reported in 1951 by K. H. Stone (1963, p. 33).

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-5 (1960), Anchorage B-5 (1960), Anchorage B-5 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-5 (1994), Anchorage B-5 NE (2013),
Places Near The Gorge
Bars:

Crossway, Low Ridge,

Capes:

Colony Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Colony Glacier, Hunter Creek Glacier,

Lakes:

Lake George, Inner Lake George, Lower Lake George, Upper Lake George,

Mountains:

Knik Mountain, Mount Palmer,

Peaks:

Big Timber Peak, Booty Peak, Castle Rocks, Devils Club Peak, Fissle Peak, Hale-Bopp Peak, Hat Trick Mountain, Hunters Peak, Mountaineers Peak, Siwash Peak, The Gorgemeister, Troublesome Peak,

Rivers:

Glacier Fork Knik River, Lake Fork Knik River,

Streams:

Big Timber Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Fall Creek, Fourteen Creek, Friday Creek, Hunter Creek, Metal Creek, Paradise Creek, Troublesome Creek,

Valleys:

The Gorge,