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Alagnak Wild RiverSalmon drying on racks along the Alagnak River.
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Alagnak Wild River
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Located on the Alaska Peninsula, 290 miles southwest of Anchorage, the Alagnak Wild River is inaccessible by road.
 
By Air
The Alagnak may be directly accessed via air taxi flights chartered from Anchorage, King Salmon, Iliamna, Kodiak, Soldotna, Homer, or other nearby Alaska towns and villages. Regularly scheduled commercial flights to King Salmon (AKN), which serves as NPS administrative headquarters and the starting point for most Alagnak adventures, are available from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) via PenAir and Alaska Airlines.
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When spawning, male sockeye salmon develop a brilliant red color and distinctive hump.  

Did You Know?
Each summer, the five species of Pacific salmon return to their birthplace in the Alagnak Wild River to spawn and die. As they migrate upstream by the hundreds of thousands, they undergo incredible morphological changes. Male sockeye salmon turn a brilliant red and develop a distinctive humped back.

Last Updated: September 13, 2006 at 20:43 EST