Haul Road to Galena |
Sightas Island, Ray River, Big Salt River, Little Salt Creek, Kalka Island, Crescent Island, Isom Creek, Maypole Hill, Hess Creek, Mc Dermott Creek, Alder Creek, Point No Point, Sarah Creek, Susie Creek, Hannah Creek, Chicago Creek, Minook Island, Rampart, Russian Creek, Sixmile Island, Sixmile Creek, Marshall Creek, Road House Creek, Moose Creek, Garnet Island, Garnet Creek, Canyon Creek, Raven Ridge, Stevens Creek, Bear Creek, Texas Creek, The Rapids, Jordan Creek, Windy Creek, Cheyenne Creek, Moosehead Rack, Morelock Creek, Quartz Creek, Schieffelin Creek, Spicer Creek, Coal Creek, Jackson Creek, Mission Creek, Mission Island, Long Island, Tanana, Bear Creek, Round Point, Tozitna River, Boney Creek, Beaver Creek, Basco Island, Little Joker Island, Alutsak River , Swanson Island, Gold Hill Creek, Racine Creek, Lancaster Creek, Blind River, Darvin Island, Grant Creek, Kallands, Illinois Creek, Brant Bluff, Dicky Creek, Painter Point, Clay Point, The Palisades, Weir Island, Dicks Point, Chicken Creek, Montana Creek, Birches, Birches Creek, Pike Slough, Sunset Creek, Klatsuta River, Lady Point, Kathaleen Island, Bering Creek, Ruby, Bering Point, Cross Point, Nowitna River, Edith Island, Ukawutni Creek, Kokrines, Horner Hot Springs, Junekaket Creek, Ham Island, White Cliffs, Shovel Creek, Mc Antee Creek, Ninemile Point, Big Creek, Melozitna River, Ruby, Ruby Slough, Melozi Island, Melozi, Sandstone Bluff, Yuki River, Dainty Island, Whiskey Creek, Gonn Creek, Bear Bluff, Louden, Cave Off Cliffs, Bessie Slough, Beaver Creek, Crow Creek, and Galena.
I listed all of the points of interest between the Haul Road and Galena for a few reasons. Most of them are selfish. I want to remember them. I want it to show the vastness. Having them all listed together also shows the combination of naming influences. These landmarks once served a measure of navigation and of distance. They may come up now and then over a moose hunting conversation. Anyone who finds their way to this little splinter of the internet is either family, one of my traveling companions, or a person who has a genuine interest in the Yukon River. In that case, stop reading this and pick up a copy of this book. It is awesome.
The river seems to gain more force here. There is less braided water. Ruby was hung over. An entire town was hungover. That is kinda funny. They had celebrated a wedding the night before and did not even pretend to be a functioning village the next day. I like that. We should all move towards having that as an option and a priority. The Fourth of July in Tanana was nice. The people are very friendly. They need to fix their pay phone in the store though. The '1' kept sticking. The Rapids is a place that sticks out in my mind. Standing wave seemed to come out of nowhere. It was dary, cold, and went by entirely too fast. I would love to see it again. Galena seemed a bit darker to me than the other towns in this stretch. The military had all but pulled out of there and left an odd collection of out of place buildings. I got to have a beer and a burger though. Also got a heck of a sunburn.
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