WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The AJ Rock Dump – 2,500 feet Below Picture taken from Mt. Roberts. Douglas, Alaska on Douglas Island is visble across Gastineau Channel from Mt. Roberts on the mainland. Lawson Creek and a small part of the Lawson Creek Delta is visible at the far upper right. On the Rock Dump …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Mt. Bradley (Mt. Jumbo) from Nowell Avenue Picture by David Kent, 6:30 a.m. ADT, April 27, 2011, © 2011
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Coming down the Mt. Roberts Trail Douglas Island is on the left and Mt. Juneau on the right with Gastineau Channel and downtown Juneau (including the Federal Building, Harris Harbor, and Aurora Basin) between. The Chilkat Mountains on the far side of Lynn Canal are in the far distance; the Mendenhall …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Juneau Federal Building and Post Office The building was officially re-named on May 13, 1999 as the Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building after the man who was the federal government’s civil engineer in charge of construction. Ground breaking ceremonies were held July 8, 1963 at the site of the former …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Douglas Island from Evergreen Cemetery In center from left to right on Douglas Island: Table Top Mtn., Saddle Mtn., and Mt. Anderson. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 2:30 p.m. AST, February 22, 2010, © 2010