WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Mount Bradley Mount Bradley, also known as Mount Jumbo, is 3,337 feet high and is on Douglas Island with Douglas, Alaska at its foot. In the early years it was named Mount Jumbo, possibly after the Jumbo mining claim located near its base. The people of Douglas in 1939 petitioned the …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Gold Creek in Silver Bow Basin In the far distance is Mt. Juneau (center) and the Mt. Juneau Ridge on the right. Silver Bow Basin is 2-1/2 miles east of the Capitol Building in downtown Juneau and is reached by Basin Road and the Perseverance Trail. From the time mining claims …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Snowslide Gulch and the Northern End of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts This picture was taken from the Mt. Juneau Trail looking southeast across the Gold Creek canyon with the northern end of Gold Ridge of Mt. Roberts at the skyline and the gulches below it that are part of Snowslide …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Cruise Ships along the Juneau Waterfront from the Marine Park Lightering Dock Left Foreground: The stern end of the Norwegian Sun moored at the Cruise Ship Terminal, Length: 848 feet, 2002 passengers and 968 crew. It will visit Juneau 19 times in 2006. Center: The Diamond Princess moored at the South …
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I compiled this panorama from pictures my Dad took on a hike with my Mom on July 23, 2005. The pictures are from the Granite Creek Trail. Panorama of Silver Bow Basin. For an aerial view of the area see this posting: Panorama of the Gold Creek Watershed from Mt. Juneau