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    The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska. The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges...
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    Portage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska and is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south...
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    shore of Portage Lake is easily accessed via a large parking lot at the lakeside Begich, Boggs Visitor Center, just off the Portage Glacier Highway. (The...
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    on with the Seward Highway until Moose Pass, return near a junction with the Portage Glacier Highway, and remain until the highway becomes a freeway,...
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    for outdoor activities. The Richardson Highway, Seward Highway, Portage Glacier Highway, and the Glenn Highway run through the Chugach Mountains. The...
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    only a railroad and road junction linking the Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad to Portage Glacier park and the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, which...
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    Peak. It is set midway between Girdwood and Whittier, with the Portage Glacier Highway and Alaska Railroad traversing the southern base of the mountain...
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    part of the Portage Glacier Highway and at 13,300 feet (4,100 m), is the second-longest highway tunnel, and longest combined rail and highway tunnel in...
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    the Des Plaines River, and the terrain that became the Chicago Portage. As the glacier continued to retreat, it opened another outlet far to the East...
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  • Routes are both numbered and named. There have been only twelve state highway numbers issued (1 through 11 and 98), and the numbering often has no obvious...
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    (automobile) Notes Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel Alaska DOT & PF Portage Glacier Highway Maynard Mountain 13,300.0 4,053.8 $13.00 Cash and Credit Card (Tolls...
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    former presence of glaciers. Glaciers may be still seen at a number of places. Chief among them are Portage Glacier, occupying the Portage Valley between...
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    killed April 27, 1964, when his CH-21 helicopter crashed on the nearby Portage Glacier while aiding victims of the Good Friday earthquake. The flight was...
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    alongside the deltas of Portage Creek and the Placer River. Contrary to popular belief, the source of the river is not Twentymile Glacier. This river is known...
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  • Thumbnail for Savanna Portage State Park
    Savanna Portage State Park is a state park in the U.S. State of Minnesota established in 1961 to preserve the historic Savanna Portage, a difficult 6-mile...
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    Glacier National Park is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada, and one of seven national parks in British Columbia. Established...
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  • Thumbnail for Wood County, Wisconsin
    The ice didn't reach Wood County, but it approached from the east into Portage County and butted up against the Baraboo Hills to the south. This blocked...
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  • ceasing operation of the Alaska Highway News and the Dawson Creek Mirror. "Consolidated Financial Statements of Glacier Media Inc., Dec. 31, 2015" (PDF)...
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    to where it intersects Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) just west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It is designated as Highway 16 in all four provinces...
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  • Thumbnail for Jay Cooke State Park
    Europeans traveling by canoe, which they bypassed with the challenging Grand Portage of the St. Louis River. The river was a vital link connecting the Mississippi...
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    Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage...
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    United States. It is in the northern part of the Alaska Panhandle, near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. As of the 2020 census, the population of...
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    Wisconsin River (category Bodies of water of Portage County, Wisconsin)
    where it forms the Dells of the Wisconsin River. North of Madison at Portage, the river turns to the west, flowing through Wisconsin's hilly Western...
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  • Thumbnail for Grand Portage State Park
    Grand Portage State Park is a state park at the northeastern tip of the U.S. state of Minnesota, on the Canada–United States border. It contains a 120-foot...
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    close to the head of the North Fork Stillaguamish River that boats used to portage across the divide. The name "Sauk" comes from the Sah-kee-ma-hu (Sauk-Suiattle...
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    extends into the southern part of the municipality, near Girdwood and Portage. A diverse wildlife population exists within urban Anchorage and the surrounding...
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  • lake and the park is from Little Swan Road. Pepaw Lake is situated in a glacier-formed valley in the Porcupine Hills and within Saskatchewan's Porcupine...
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    the high-altitude areas of Mount Everest (8848 metres) and the snow and glacier melt contributes significant portion of streamflow, especially during the...
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    Arm near Girdwood and Portage dropped as much as 8 feet (2.4 m), requiring reconstruction and fill to raise the Seward Highway above the new high tide...
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  • Regional Trail through residential areas and along the north side of Portage Inlet. The highway becomes a full freeway with four-to-six lanes as it enters the...
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