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  AllRefer.com - Noatak National Preserve, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
The preserve is the largest mountain-ringed river basin in the United States that is still virtually unaffected by human activities.
It is a transition zone for plants and animals between arctic and subarctic environments and includes the Grand Canyon of the Noatak River.
The 330-mi (531-km) Noatak Wild River, authorized in 1980, lies partially within the preserve and partially in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
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 Maniilaq Association | Noatak
Noatak is 55 miles north of Kotzebue and 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Noatak was officially established in the 19th century as a fishing and hunting camp, but Native Iñupiat Eskimo have inhabited the area for the past several hundred years.
Noatak currently has four general stores, a post office, community hall, and a village clinic operated by Maniilaq Association.
www.maniilaq.org /noatak.html   (347 words)

  
 Alaska Personal Journeys: Noatak River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Below the Nimiuktuk River, the Noatak swings south into the Grand and Noatak Canyons between the foothills and mountains of the DeLong and Baird mountain ranges, confining itself in a single channel.
Below Noatak village, the river is relatively confined as it flows to its mouth, where it spreads into a delta 15 miles across as it enters Kotzebue Sound.
Noatak means "passage to the Interior." Migratory peoples traversed the region seasonally, hunting wildlife, particularly along major caribou migration routes.
www.alaskapersonaljourneys.com /noatak.htm   (918 words)

  
 Bering Sea.com: Communities: Noatak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Noatak is located on the west bank of the Noatak River, 55 miles north of Kotzebue and 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
The Noatak River is navigable by shallow-draft boats from early June to early October.
Noatak's economy is principally based on subsistence, although the available employment is diverse.
www.beringsea.com /communities/index.php?community=259   (687 words)

  
 James Henry River Journeys‹Canoeing the Noatak-The Alaskan Arctic's Most Sublime Odyssey-Gates of the Arctic National ...
The Noatak River, which in Eskimo language means “the river from deep within,” is the main artery of the largest undisturbed riparian system in North America.
Stretching 600 miles from the Canadian border on the east to the Arctic Ocean on the west, it is 150 miles wide and acts as the major barrier separating the taiga forests from the treeless expanse of foothills and coastal plains to the north.
The fishing on the Noatak is outstanding for grayling and arctic char.
www.riverjourneys.com /noatak.html   (995 words)

  
  Noatak River Canoeing and Hiking in Gates of the Arctic National Park Brooks Range Gates of the Arctic Paddling ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We paddle from the Noatak River's mountainous headwaters just as the Western Arctic Caribou Herd migrates through the mountain passes, swimming the river in small and large bands.
To reach the Noatak, we fly by bush plane from the lowland, lake-dotted flats and boreal forest along the Koyukuk River, and north up the Alatna River, where scattered trees give way to alpine tundra and eventually fell-fields and the high mountain peaks.
The Noatak River follows a serpentine course across a two-mile wide U-shaped valley, with oxbow lakes dotting the valley.
www.equinoxexpeditions.com /noatak.html   (1000 words)

  
 Primitive, Public Tent Campgrounds - Noatak Biosphere Reserve Nome, AK
The Noatak preserve was established in order to maintain the environmental integrity of the Noatak River and adjacent uplands, to protect wildlife habitats and populations and to protect archaeological resources for scientific research.
Vegetation within the biosphere reserve is predominated by low mat tundra with boreal forest cover in the lower Noatak drainage and alpine tundra communities at higher elevations (willow, heather and combinations of grasses, sedges, wildglowers and mosses).
The Noatak River is considered key in the subsistence and commercial fisheries harvest for north-west Alaska.
www.eatstayplay.com /html/ak/a1044p408c2035.html   (353 words)

  
 Equinox Wilderness Expeditions | Noatak River Canoeing Odyssey
We paddle from the Noatak's headwaters just as the Western Arctic Caribou Herd is migrating through the mountain passes, swimming the river in small and large bands.
To reach the Noatak, we fly by floatplane from the lowland, lake-dotted flats and boreal forest along the Koyukuk River, and north up the Alatna River, where scattered trees give way to alpine tundra and eventually fell-fields and the high mountain peaks.
The Noatak follows a serpentine course across a two-mile wide U-shaped valley, with oxbow lakes dotting the valley.
www.equinoxexpeditions.com /httpdocs/noatak.html   (901 words)

  
 Floating the Noatak
From the headwaters in Gates of the Arctic National Park, the Noatak flows about 300 miles west and then 100 miles south to the sea near the town of Kotzebue on the west coast of Alaska.
In the afternoon, we paddle to Paul's Slough near the mouth of the Noatak.
As far as food problems are concerned, the bears along the Noatak have had minimal exposure to humans and have not learned to associate humans with food.
www.adventureplus.org /noatak.htm   (3405 words)

  
 Noatak Celebrates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Noatak is always a wonderful place to visit but those events made this trip especially enjoyable.
At the same time that I was speaking in Noatak, Martha Whiting of the Borough staff was giving a commencement address in Deering.
The Noatak Inupiaq Day activities and the graduation ceremony will receive special news coverage this year because a representative of Independent Native News was on hand to film and report on all the activity for national television.
www.nwabor.org /mayors/noatak_celebrates.htm   (504 words)

  
 Cultural Resources of Noatak National Preserve
The Noatak River originates in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to the east, and flows westward through the Noatak River basin that makes up the central portion of the NOAT preserve.
The Noatak River is considered key in the subsistence and commercial fisheries harvest for Northwest Alaska.
Despite drastic population reductions and dislocations beginning in the latter half of the 19th century, the descendants of the early 19th century populace remain in northwestern Alaska.
www.nps.gov /akso/akarc/cr_noat.htm   (3086 words)

  
 NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
From the visitor center in Kotzebue it is difficult to imagine the extent of the Noatak River-whose name means "passage to the interior"-or the expanse of the annual caribou migrations throughout the immense area that these parks encompass.
The broad plain between the hills of the cape and those in the northern section of the monument is the tundra-covered bed of a huge glacier formed 250,000 years ago-and the former course of the Noatak River.
The Noatak basin is internationally recognized as a Biosphere Reserve.
www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/noaa   (1342 words)

  
 Backpacking Destinations - Places - :Noatak Wilderness Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Noatak National Preserve (more than 6.5 million acres) protects, with bordering Gates of the Arctic (see above), almost the entirety of the largest untouched river basin in America, that of the Noatak River.
From glacial melt on Mount Igikpak in the Brooks Range (in Gates of the Arctic National Park), the mostly-gentle Noatak River flows westward 425 miles through the heart of the preserve to Kotzebue Sound, patiently carving along the way the scenic Grand Canyon of the Noatak.
Canoeing and kayaking the Noatak draws more and more visitors each year, and almost the entire river may be paddled easily.
www.backpacker.com /place/0,2678,270,00.html   (329 words)

  
 www.ilovealaska.com/   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Location: Noatak is located on the west bank of the Noatak River, 55 miles north of Kotzebue and 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Economy: Noatak's economy is principally based on subsistence, although the available employment is diverse.
The Noatak River is navigable by shallow-draft boats from early Juneau to early October.
www.ilovealaska.com /alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=228   (411 words)

  
 Gallery: Noatak
This is the gallery of photos from a canoe trip down the Noatak river in Alaska, done in July and August of 1996.
We flew in from Bettles to the head waters of the Noatak river, near Gull Pass.
The Noatak, in flood, carries a lot of silt, but the tributaries flow clear and beautiful from remote mountain ranges that beckon us to return some day.
www.tumtum.com /gallery/Noatak.shtml   (762 words)

  
 Wild Animal Viewing Opportunities - Noatak River Nome, AK
The Noatak River beginning at its headwaters in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve gently meanders 396 miles in a northwesterly direction to the village of Noatak before turning south and flowing into the Kotzebue Sound of the Chukchi Sea.
Below Noatak the river flows through the Igichuk Hills to where it spreads widely open into a muddy delta favored by migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.
Paddlers continuing down river through the mud flats of the delta to Kotzebue are cautioned to be careful crossing the frigid waters of the Hotham Inlet.
www.eatstayplay.com /html/ak/a1046p408c2163.html   (286 words)

  
 Noatak National Preserve -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Noatak National Preserve -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The preserve contains the largest mountain-ringed river basin, the (additional info and facts about Noatak River) Noatak River basin, in the United States that is as yet unaffected by human activities.
The preserve is just north of the (A line of latitude near but south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice) arctic circle.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/No/Noatak_National_Preserve.htm   (125 words)

  
 James Henry River Journeys‹Canoeing and Hiking the Noatak River‹A Canoeing Odyssey Across the High Arctic-Gates of ...
One group may hike to the top of the nearest ridge for remarkable views of the Noatak valley and Mt Igikpak, the glacial source of the Noatak, while others might amble along taking photos, learning about the plants underfoot, and looking for migrating caribou or herds of Dall sheep browsing on the cliffs.
The upper Noatak is so bountiful in campsites and side valleys that each year, we are able to explore different areas.
We'll be able to sit on a hillside across from one of our favorite side tributaries of the Noatak and watch migrating caribou crossing the plain of tundra enroute to their wintering grounds on the Ambler and Kobuk Rivers.
www.riverjourneys.com /noadetitn.html   (2331 words)

  
 Noatak River Trip, Part 1
We soon found that there were a great many rivers and it was difficult to choose.
The Noatak is one of the longest untouched artic rivers.
At first I think "I don't remember a lake of that shape" then realize it's the Noatak at Flood.
www.tumtum.com /kayak/trips/Noatak_part1.shtml   (778 words)

  
 GORP - Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska - The Noatak National Preserve
Set to the north of Kobuk National Park proper, Noatak National Preserve is part of the Kobuk complex.
As one of North America's largest mountain ringed river basins with an intact, unaltered ecosystem, the Noatak River environs feature some of the Arctic's finest arrays of plants and animals.
The Noatak River is classified as a national wild and scenic river from its headwaters to the Kelly River.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ak/noat_kobu.htm   (451 words)

  
 Fair Price For Home, Inc. Wants To Buy Your Noatak, Alaska Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Wilderness.net
Together with neighboring Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Noatak National Preserve (more than 6.5 million acres) protects almost the entirety of the largest untouched river basin in America, that of the Noatak River.
From glacial melt on Mount Igikpak in the Brooks Range (in Gates of the Arctic National Park), the mostly gentle Noatak River flows westward 425 miles through the heart of the preserve to Kotzebue Sound, patiently carving the scenic Grand Canyon of the Noatak along its course.
Backpacking in the foothills, among the bears, wolves, lynx, and Dall sheep, has been increasing in popularity, and backcountry travelers must move with care, as this land is fragile.
www.wilderness.net /nwps/wild_view.cfm?wname=Noatak   (439 words)

  
 Alaska: 3 Arctic National Parks Tour | Alaska | Arctic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Commuterflight to Bettles and bushflight to the Noatak River.
Canoeing the Noatak River in gates of the Arctic NP Hike to Pingo.
Canoeing Noatak River and at the end portage of 1/2 mile to Lake.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/4672.html   (290 words)

  
 Flower Delivery Noatak AK Alaska |Order Noatak Flowers Online | Online Florist | Flower Shop
If you want to send flowers, roses, plants, bouquets or balloons to Noatak, AK Alaska then you have come to the right place.
Noatak, AK Alaska flower delivery is a service provided by Wesley Berry Flowers since 1946.
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 DOGTEC - Noatak Kennel Management Program
Noatak kennel management program allows you to keep track of the most common data about a dog kennel.
New in version 2.1: You can enter more than one picture per dog in the picture history.
For details on how to register and find the serial number, check the register topic of the help file.
www.noatak.com /software/kenman/noatprog.asp   (331 words)

  
 noatak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We flew from Fairbanks to Bettles, AK and then flew a float plane from Bettles to 11-mile-slough, a small lake near the Noatak river.
We then spent 8 days floating the river/exploring the valley and 3 days waiting for a ride out of the wilderness.
The indirect Noatak river without John and Sandy.
www.stam.com /mypic/2004/august/alaska/noatak   (2981 words)

  
 Noatak Racing Team
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 Tygo Search - Noatak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
ica's largest mountain-ringed river basins with an intact ecosystem, the Noatak River environs features some of the Artic's finest arrays of plants and animals.
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 Florist: Noatak online flower shop | Flower Delivery in Noatak Alaska | Order tulips online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
We are the leading ftd online florist and we service Noatak, AK.
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Our Noatak Alaska flower boutique provides its customers with a selection of pleasing flower selections.
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