WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Hoary Marmot on Mt. Roberts This Hoary Marmot was close to the Mt. Roberts Trail near the Mt. Roberts Tramway upper terminal. Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 8:17 p.m. ADT, May 19, 2003, © 2009
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Gastineau Peak on Mt. Roberts, a Steam Power Plant, and a Dock Just left of center is Gastineau Peak (3,666 ft.). The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. (AJ) Auxiliary Steam Power Plant built in A.D. 1916 is at the lower left. Along the shore of Gastineau Channel at the Juneau harbor …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE The Governor’s Mansion – Juneau, Alaska In 1912 work was started on the three floor (plus basement), 12,900 square foot residence on Calhoun Avenue. $40,000 was appropriated for its construction at the former site of a dairy farm established by the Calhoun family. Mt. Juneau is in the background and the …
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WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Porcupine in the Backyard on a Willow Trunk Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 7:02 p.m. ADT, May 26, 2006, © 2009
WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE Mt. Juneau Looking WNW from Last Chance Basin Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 5:47 p.m. ADT, May 29, 2008, © 2009