NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Fauna of the National Parks of the United States No. 3
Birds and Mammals of Mount McKinley National Park
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ITINERARIES
DIXON AND WRIGHT, 1926
ON MAY 8, 1926, we departed from Seattle on the S. S.
Yukon and reached Seward, Alaska, on the 16th. Transferring at
this point to the Alaska Railroad, we arrived at McKinley Park station
on May 18. A base camp in the park was made at 2,800 feet, on Savage
River. Fortunately, we had the use of a cabin at this camp that had been
built by the Alaska Road Commission. From this central locality various
"pack-back" side trips were made on foot into some of the more remote
sections of the park. During the 72 days, or 2-1/2 months, spent in
actual field work in the McKinley region we hiked approximately 500
miles, covering all portions of the park that are now normally visited
by tourists. Our activities were divided as follows:
May 19-June 15 | Savage River, 2,800 feet. |
June 15 17 | Sanctuary River, 2,900 feet. |
June 19-23 | Savage River, foothills. |
June 24-29 | Savage River, headwaters. |
June 29-July 1 | Savage River, 2,800 feet. |
July 2-6 | Fairbanks. |
July 7-8 | Savage River, 2,800 feet. |
July 9 | Igloo Creek. |
July 10 | Toklat River. |
July 11-15 | Copper Mountain. |
July 16-19 | Wonder Lake. |
July 20 | Copper Mountain. |
July 21 | Toklat to Igloo Creek. |
July 22 | Double Mountain. |
July 26 | Fish Creek. |
July 23-29 | Savage River, 2,800 feet. |
We left McKinley Park station on July 30, departed
from Seward for Seattle on August 1, and arrived in Berkeley on August
11.
DIXON, 1932
May 2 | Left Berkeley, Calif. |
May 7 | Left Seattle. |
May 15 | Arrived McKinley Park Station. |
May 16-23 | Headquarters, Mount McKinley National Park. |
May 24-27 | Ewe Creek. |
May 28-29 | Savage River. |
May 30 | Mount Margaret. |
June 1 | Igloo Creek. |
June 2-6 | Savage River Canyon. |
June 7-23 | Igloo Creek and Double Mountain. |
June 24-29 | Park headquarters. |
June 30 | Sable Pass. |
July 1-5 | Park headquarters. |
July 6-7 | Igloo Creek. |
July 8 | Stony Creek. |
July 9-14 | Igloo Creek and Double Mountain. |
July 15-18 | Toklat. |
July 19 | Igloo Creek. |
July 20 | Sable Pass. |
July 21-24 | Igloo Creek. |
July 25-31 | Park headquarters. |
August 1-2 | Savage River. |
August 3-5 | Fish Creek. |
August 6 | Copper Mountain. |
August 7 | Muldrow Glacier. |
August 8-9 | McKinley Bar. |
August 10 | Wonder Lake. |
August 11-12 | Quigleys. |
August 13 | Wonder Lake. |
August 14-23 | McKinley Bar. |
August 24 | Copper Mountain. |
August 25 | Park headquarters. |
August 26 | Sable Mountain. |
August 27 | Toklat. |
August 28-31 | Park headquarters. |
September 1 | Left McKinley Park Station. |
September 16 | Arrived Berkeley, Calif. |
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