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Communities [population in brackets]:

Anderson Cantwell
Ferry Healy
McKinley Park  

Denali Borough lies in Interior Alaska, between the Fairbanks North Star and Mat-Su Boroughs. Seventy percent of the Borough is the Denali National Park, home to 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America.

The earliest inhabitants were nomadic Indians who fished, trapped and hunted through the Interior. The first non-Native settlers were miners, who established a camp at Hoseanna Creek near Healy (later known as Lignite Creek) prior to 1902. Formation of the Denali National Park in 1917 and construction of the Alaska Railroad brought additional settlers to the area in the early 1920s. Coal mining began in the area in 1922. Clear Air Force Base, the Usibelli Coal Mine and tourism at the Denali Park have brought growth and development. The Borough was incorporated in December 1990. 

 


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