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 JoĆ© Juneau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juneau went to the NHL right after the Olympics and never spent a day in the minor leagues in his career.
That flurry was Juneau's last brush with stardom, and his numbers much diminished from their peak, he was oft-traded, playing for five teams in four seasons before settling with his hometown Montreal Canadiens as a third-liner for the final three seasons of his career.
On November 12, 2005, Juneau became the second inductee into the Rensselaer "Ring of Honor." He was previously awarded an honorary degree at the school's 2005 commencement ceremonies.
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 Juneau, Alaska
Annual precipitation is 92 inches in downtown Juneau, and 54 inches ten miles north at the airport.
In 1880, nearly 20 years before the gold rushes to the Klondike and Nome, Joe Juneau and Richard Harris were lead to Gold Creek by Chief Kowee of the Auk Tribe.
Juneau is home to State Legislators and their staff during the legislative session between January and May. Tourism is a significant contributor to the private sector economy during the summer months, providing a $130 million income and nearly 2,000 jobs.
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 Juneau Alaska, Alaskan cities
Juneau is famous too, for Mendenhall Glacier, a "drive to" glacier that sprawls between mountains for some 12 miles before showing its ice face across Mendenhall Lake from the U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center.
Juneau was incorporated on October 4, 1880, not too long after Chief Kowee led prospectors Joe Juneau and Richard Harris to what seemed to be a very promising streak of gold in nearby Gold Creek.
Although Juneau was founded on gold, government began its takeover in 1906 when the state capital was moved from Sitka.
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 Local Area Place Names
Joe Juneau and Richard Harris staked two of the first mining claims in the Juneau area in Carroll's name, including one of the first claims ever staked on Douglas Island.
Juneau, on its northeastern shore, is nine miles from the southern entrance.
In October, 1880, Joe Juneau and Richard Harris staked mining claims on "Juneau Hill, adjoining Quartz Gulch." The northeasterly side of the mountain is irregular, with many small knobs or hills.
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 Juneau, Alaska
Juneau City and Borough is a borough located on the Gastineau Channel in the Alexander Archipelago in the State of Alaska.
The City, Alaska's second-largest (in terms of population) is nestled at the base of Mount Juneau, and across the channel from Douglas Island.
Juneau is the only mainland state capital in the U.S. which cannot be accessed by road.
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 Juneau Alaska Juneau Guide, Information, and Map Juno Ak
Joe Juneau and Richard Harris back to the Gastineau Channel, directing them to Snow Slide Gulch, the head of Gold Creek, where they found nuggets "as large as peas and beans," in Harris' words.
Juneau is also a jumping off point for wildlife viewing, exploring Tracy Arm Fjord, Mendenhall Glacier, the Juneau Icefield, and the Glacier Gardens.
Juneau Icefield, a spectacular expanse of mountains and glaciation, is the source of all the glaciers in the area, including Mendenhall, Taku, Eagle, Herbert and 38 other glaciers within a 1,500-square-mile radius.
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 Juneau
On 8 November Juneau departed Noumea, New Caledonia, as a unit of Task Force 67 under the command of Rear Admiral R. Turner to escort reinforcements to Guadalcanal.
Juneau was steaming on one screw, keeping station 800 yards on the starboard quarter of the likewise severely damaged San Francisco (CA-38).
Juneau successfully avoided two, but the third struck her at the same point which had been damaged during the surface action.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/j5/juneau-i.htm   (926 words)

  
 Crease Monkey Hockey Player Profile - Joe Juneau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Juneau was named a Hobey Baker finalist for the first time that year, and earned several league and national honors, including a first team All-America selection, first team ECAC All-Star, and the league scoring championship.
Juneau finished his career in Troy as the team's second all-time leader in assists (144), and fourth all-time in career points (213).
Juneau accomplished this playing most of the season at left wing, rather than his natural position at center, and helped lead the Bruins to the top of the Adams Division.
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 PBS - Harriman: Juneau
Juneau, Alaska's isolated coastal capital city, sits at the foot of the spruce-covered Coast Mountains in Southeast Alaska.
Juneau was originally a fishing camp for Tlingit Indians who trolled the salmon-rich waters of the Gastineau Channel.
Juneau, and many other communities in southeastern Alaska are grappling with the environmental problems of tourism and the ever-growing cruise industry.
www.pbs.org /harriman/current/profiles/juneau.html   (804 words)

  
 Juneau : Introduction | Frommers.com
My Juneau is up the 99 steps that lead from the cemetery to the bottom of Pine Street -- the way I walked home from school -- and then to the top of residential Evergreen Avenue, where the pavement gives way to a forest trail among fiddlehead ferns and massive rainforest spruces.
Juneau is Alaska's third-largest city (Anchorage and Fairbanks are larger), with a population of 30,000, but it feels like a small town that's just been stuffed with people.
Juneau is also a starting point and travel hub for outdoor activities all over the northern Panhandle: you'll likely pass through on your way to Glacier Bay or virtually anywhere else in the region.
www.frommers.com /destinations/juneau/0010010001.html   (962 words)

  
 Joe Juneau (prospector) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joe and Richard were sent with Kowee by George Pilz, an entrepreneur from Sitka.
Joe and Richard traded with the natives much of their grubstake (rations) for hoochinoo (alcoholic brews).
Juneau died of pneumonia in Dawson; his body came back to the town that now bears his name in 1903.
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 Alaska.com | Juneau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Juneau has an embarrassment of things to visit or admire.
At Evergreen Cemetery are the graves of Juneau and his partner Richard Harris; the town's first name was Harrisburg.
The Juneau Icefield, from which the glacier descends, covers 1,500 square miles.
www.alaska.com /places/cities/juneau/story/4503801p-4481802c.html   (2311 words)

  
 Cruise Critic Destinations: Juneau
Gold put Juneau on the map in the 1880s, though the mining camp had several other names before prospector Joe Juneau got his to stick.
Juneau became the political center when Alaska became the 49th state in 1959.
Juneau offers a wide range of shore side activities, including the state's most accessible glacier -- Mendenhall, an immense 12-mile long river of ice.
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 Church of the Holy Trinity - Telling Our Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Ready to leave the farm in Minnesota, Joe enlisted in the Army, requesting to be stationed in Alaska, and in April, 1937, he was sent to Port Chilkoot in Haines.
Following his service in the Army, Joe returned to Juneau and on September 30,1939, Alma and Joe were married at the Lutheran Church, then located on 3rd and Main Street.
While Alma was employed at the Purity Bakery, Joe was a janitor at the Federal Building, working from 5 pm to 1 am, enabling him to work during the day to build their first home at Auke Bay.
www.juneau.com /holytrinity/stories.cfm?Story=5   (495 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Joe Juneau retires after 12 NHL seasons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadiens forward Joe Juneau announced his retirement from the NHL on Saturday, two days after Montreal was swept out of the playoffs by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Juneau, educated as an engineer, has accepted a job at a company in his hometown of Pont-Rouge, Quebec.
Juneau had five goals and 10 assists in 70 games this season, and added an assist in 11 playoff games.
www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/nhl/2004-05-01-juneau-retires_x.htm   (348 words)

  
 www.juneau.com - Juneau Alaska Community Website
The cultural heritage of all the Indian tribes of the Northwest Coastal areas is readily evident in Juneau and the surrounding area.
During the prime 60 years of gold mining in the area Juneau was home to three of the world's largest gold mines: The Alaska Juneau, and the Alaska Gastineau mine, on the Juneau side of the Channel and the Treadwell mine on the Douglas island side.
Joe Juneau continued his hunt for gold, heading for the Klondike in 1897.
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 Joe Juneau
Juneau played almost 6 seasons in Washington (1993-1994 to 1998-1999) playing 312 games giving him 62 goals and 172 assists with the Caps.
Juneau's experience should help the Habs upfront but he's not likely to be a 20-goal scorer for the Habs.
Juneau had his best season with Boston in 1992-1993 with 102 points in 84 games but hasn't come anywhere near that number since.
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 LCS Hockey - Team Reports - Washington Capitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Juneau immediately gathered the loose puck and allowed Adam Oates, who was a few feet on the other side of the line, to get back on-side.
Juneau then dished the puck to a streaking Brian Bellows, who skated around Shannon and fired three close-range shots at Dominik Hasek.
In the first meeting, a 2-0 loss at Joe Louis Arena Jan. 11, Detroit showed just how good it is. Coming into that contest, the Capitals were in the middle of their best month in franchise history (9-2-2).
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 Juneau, Alaska
We all know that Juneau is the capital of Alaska, but I was surprised to learn that Juneau is also the second largest city in the US.
Until 1880, Juneau was populated by the Tlingit.
It was then that two prospectors, Joe Juneau and Dick Harris with the help of Chief Kowee, found gold in a creek off the Gastineau Channel.
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 JuneauAlaska.com: A short history of Juneau
Ten years later prospectors Richard Harris and Joe Juneau, guided by Chief Kowee, beached their canoe near the mouth of Gold Creek, followed a gulch from the mountain summit into a basin and found gold-spangled rock.
Yet Juneau remained fairly quiet until 1882 when the sound of ore-crushing stamp mills started ringing round the mountains.
Juneau was transforming from a rough gold camp into a thriving capital city, but the search for gold continued.
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 May, 2000: Juneau, Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Juneau is nestled between Mt. Juneau (3,576 ft.) and Mt. Roberts (3,819 ft.) which give the town a beautiful setting as well as a natural protection against cold winds and permafrost.
In 1900 the capital was moved from Sitka to Juneau, where it has remained ever since.
The historic district, located in the downtown area of Juneau, is filled with buildings and houses as colorful as Juneau's past.
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 Juneau, AK........a place where the eagle can still soar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Since it was likely Joe Juneau could not read or write English, Harris acted as recorder for the new town.
However, by the end of 1881, Joe Juneau was complaining that nothing in the district had been named for him.
Not long after the Juneau discovery, gold was found across the channel on Douglas Island in December 17, 1880.
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 Juneau Waterfront History | Floatplane Tours with Wings Airways and Taku Glacier Lodge | Juneau, Alaska
Juneau’s downtown waterfront has been home to water based aviation since the early 1920’s.
Shortly thereafter a 160 acre townsite was established filled by the first boatloads of prospectors arriving bound for the new strike on Gastineau Channel.The stampede was on.
Juneau grew from a boomtown to a center for large scale hard rock-mining.
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 Montreal Canadiens, Richard Zednik, Joe Juneau, Jan Bulis, National Hockey League, Atlanta Thrashers - CBS ...
Richard Zednik and Joe Juneau each had a goal and an assist Saturday to lead Montreal to a 5-1 win over the Atlanta Thrashers.
Joe Juneau passed the puck back to Sundstrom, who scored from the slot for his fifth goal.
Juneau scored a power-play goal with 24.8 remaining.
www.cbs.sportsline.com /nhl/gamecenter/NHL_20040103_ATL@MON   (749 words)

  
 Joe Juneau Stats, Statistics and Fantasy News - RotoWire.com
Juneau announced his retirement Saturday after 12 seasons in the NHL, reports the Associated Press.
Juneau was back in the lineup after missing four starts with the flu.
Juneau returned to the lineup against Toronto on Saturday, after missing a contest due to a charley horse.
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 Juneau, Alaska Cruise Port Information on AlaskaCruises.com
Juneau is the third most populated city in Alaska, and it is the capital of this great state.
The population here is 300,000, but during the off-peak season, Juneau seems like a quaint little town with limited growth potential because of the area's geography, comprised of impenetrable natural barriers.
Juneau Sportfishing: Fish the inside waterways on a private sport-fishing boat fully equipped with all the necessary fishing gear, a heated cabin, smoked salmon snacks and hot or cold beverages.
www.alaskacruises.com /alaska_ports.asp?pageID=258   (1550 words)

  
 Juneau, Alaska History
The state capital, Juneau lies nestled between the steep, forested flanks of Mount Juneau and Mount Roberts.
The City and Borough of Juneau is over 3,100 square miles(!) making Juneau the second largest city in the nation (Sitka is the largest).
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau's most popular attraction and nicknamed "the drive-up glacier" is located in Mendenhall Valley about 14 miles from city center, tour buses and MGT's bright blue Glacier Express bus drop you off near the base of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.
www.mightygreattrips.com /juneau_history.htm   (688 words)

  
 RCNJ: Joe Juneau Retires After 12 Seasons in Professional Hockey
The Canadian Press reports that Joe Juneau '91 announced his retirement on Saturday.
Juneau ends his career with 156 goals and 416 assists in 828 NHL games.
Joe Juneau is the fifth leading scorer in Rensselaer hockey history (69-144-213), just behind Adam Oates and Bob Brinkworth.
www.rcnj.org /2004/05/05/088251.html   (293 words)

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