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The Alaska Panhandle is the coast of the American state of Alaska, just west of the British Columbia province of Canada. In many places, the international border runs along the crest of the Pacific Range of mountains, called the Coast Mountains or the "mainland".

The Panhandle includes the Tongass National Forest, Glacier Bay National Park , Alaska's Inside Passage, and a myriad of large and small islands.

Wildlife includes grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, Sitka deer, humpback whales, orcas, five species of salmon, bald eagles, harlequin ducks, scoterScoters White-winged Scoter : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Anatidae Melanitta Boie, 1822) The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta''. The drakes are mostly black and have swollen bills. Females are brown. They breed in the fars, and murrelet s.

Major cities are Juneau, Sitka, and KetchikanKetchikan is a city located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 7,922. Ketchikan's economy is based upon fishing and tourism. The Misty Fjords National Monument is one of the major attractions. Ketchi. Other towns are PetersburgPetersburg is a city located in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 3,224. Geography Petersburg is located at 56°48'16" North, 132°56'31" West (56. 804414, -132. It is on the north end of Mitkof Is, WrangellWrangell is a city located in Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 2,308. Its Tlingit name is Kaachxaana. ak'w and the Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area call themselves the Kaachxaana., MetlakatlaMetlakatla is a census-designated place located in Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 1,375. Geography Metlakatla is located at 55°7'37" North, 131°34'35" West (55. 126916, -131. It is, Haines, Hoonah, Angoon, Kake, Craig, Klawock, Yakutat, and Skagway. There are also many tiny (ie, less than 100 people) towns and villages, such as Pelican, Tenakee Springs, Port Protection, Hyder, Meyers Chuck, and Gustavus.

On August 20, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve, which formed the heart of the Tongass National Forest that covers most of the region.

Regions of Alaska
Alaskan Bush \| Interior \| North Slope \| Panhandle \| South Central \| Tanana Valley
Largest Cities
Anchorage \| Barrow \| Bethel \| Fairbanks \| Homer \| Juneau \| Kenai \| Ketchikan \| Kodiak \| Kotzebue \| Nome \| Palmer \| Petersburg \| Seward \| Sitka \| Unalaska \| Valdez \| Wasilla
Boroughs and Census Areas
Aleutians East \| Aleutians West \| Anchorage \| Bethel \| Bristol Bay \| Denali \| Dillingham \| Fairbanks North Star \| Haines \| Juneau \| Kenai Peninsula \| Ketchikan Gateway \| Kodiak Island \| Lake and Peninsula \| Matanuska-Susitna \| Nome \| North Slope \| Northwest Arctic \| Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan \| Sitka \| Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon \| Southeast Fairbanks \| Valdez-Cordova \| Wade Hampton \| Wrangell-Petersburg \| Yakutat \| Yukon-Koyukuk

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