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Kennecott Mill Town Hospital and Residential Area

Kennecott Mill Town Hospital and Residential Area

Kennecott Mill Town - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. The hospital, residential area, and assay shed were all part of the mill town that was was develope... More

Grave markers in Kennecott Cemetery

Grave markers in Kennecott Cemetery

Kennecott Cemetery - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark. Historical descriptions of the cemetery record the site as being "weedy" and possessing a beautiful view over Kennicott Glacier. Trees and shrubs... More

Erie Mining Camp Bunkhouse - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Erie Mining Camp Bunkhouse - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Erie Mine - Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. The Erie Mine was one of several areas developed near the Kennicott Glacier following the discovery of copper... More

Kennicott and Gates Glaciers - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Kennicott and Gates Glaciers - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

North of Donoho Basin, the Gates Glacier (right) merges with the much larger Kennicott glacier

Glacier Landforms: Lateral Moraine, Kennicott Glacier

Glacier Landforms: Lateral Moraine, Kennicott Glacier

Hikers walk along the ridge top of a lateral moraine (Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska).

Mount Blackburn & Kennicott Glacier

Mount Blackburn & Kennicott Glacier

View of Mount Blackburn and the Kennicott Glacier from the Root Glacier trail

Kennicott Glacier in Winter - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Kennicott Glacier in Winter - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

NPS Photo by Bryan Petrtyl Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glacier Features: Crevasses, Kennicott Glacier

Glacier Features: Crevasses, Kennicott Glacier

Crevasses on the surface of the Kennicott Glacier (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska) make the glacier appear harsh and jagged.

Kennicott Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, 2015.

Kennicott Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, 2015.

A hike to the toe of the Kennicott Glacier involves hiking on uneven terrain, up and down through oozing mud, melt ponds, falling rocks, ice caves, streams running off the glacier all combined with the most ama... More

Glacier Landforms: Till, Kennicott Glacier

Glacier Landforms: Till, Kennicott Glacier

Till blankets the Kennicott Glacier forefield (Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska).

Mt Blackburn Kennicott Glacier

Mt Blackburn Kennicott Glacier

Mount Blackburn from the southeast, looking up the Kennicott Glacier. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

Gates Glacier and Kennicott Glacier Confluence (21613854195)

Gates Glacier and Kennicott Glacier Confluence (21613854195)

NPS / Jacob W. Frank Flight paths: caltopo.com/m/031C

Kennicott Glacier moraine -  - 9bd6bdcf823fe9d73ca7f7889cef162a
Bonanza Mine, near Kennecott, ca 1912 (THWAITES 388)

Bonanza Mine, near Kennecott, ca 1912 (THWAITES 388)

PH Coll 247.864In the summer of 1900, prospectors Clarence Warner and "Tarantula Jack" Smith were exploring the east side of the Kennicott Glacier. As they drew closer to the limestone-greenstone contact, they... More