Katmai National Park & Preserve
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 Katmai
became a National Park & Preserve, and received Wilderness
designation, by an act of Congress on December 2,1980. This rugged
wilderness area, famous for volcanoes, brown bears, and fish, is
also the site of the Brooks River National Historic Landmark,
which is recognized as having North America's highest concentration of
prehistoric human dwellings (about 900). President Woodrow Wilson
first created this National Monument in 1918 to preserve the famed
Valley of 10,000 Smokes, a spectacular forty square mile, 100 to
700 foot deep, pyroclastic ash flow that was deposited during the 1912
eruption of Novarupta, the largest volcanic event of the 20th Century.
Today, hunters, fisherman, photographers, hikers and kayakers come to
Katmai to experience Alaska's raw wilderness. Laced with active
volcanos, prowled by some 2000 giant brown bears, some weighing as much
as 1,000 pounds, and watched over by guardians of the air like majestic
bald eagles and hawks, this pristine wilderness consists of over four
million acres of coastline, deep forests and alpine tundra.
Moose wander the tundra, and off shore, sea kayakers are often treated
to the playful antics of sea otters, and sea lions along the rocky
coast, and, if lucky, may even share space with beluga, orca and gray
whales. The world class sportfishing in Katmai is legendary, with
rivers and streams offering up rainbow trout, char, grayling, pike and
five species of Pacific Salmon.
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