Alexander Lake (southcentral Alaska)

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The Alexander Lake is a lake in the Matanuska- Susitna Borough in Southcentral Alaska. In the language of the natives of the region, the Dena'ina (also called Tanaina ), ie the lake Deldida Bena, what translated means Baumhörnchensee.

It is located near the Cook Inlets, 74 km to the north of the area Tyonek, Kenai Peninsula Borough. The water of the lake empties into the Alexander Creek, which in turn flows into the Susitna River, which empties into the Cook Inlet.

History

Was reported for the first time the United States Geological Survey of the lake in 1926, for the first time mapped the summer of 1935 by Stephen Reid Capps ( 1914-2004 ), who helped work his father's colleagues in the mapping of Alaska this year.

Two aircraft accidents took place directly on the lake: On October 25, 1985, a retrofitted for splashdown Stinson 108-2 tried to land on the lake in bad weather, which damaged the aircraft strong. On March 9, 1989, a Cessna 185 was trying to land on the frozen lake, because the fuel ran out. This failed and the plane came to a total loss in a snowdrift stand. Pilot and passenger were uninjured.

Fauna

The term Baumhörnchensee could indicate a high population of tree squirrels. Lakeside nesting trumpeter swans. The population of sockeye salmon, king salmon and silver salmon was supplanted in the 2000s almost entirely of pike. The pike population in the lake is estimated to be 16,000 as of July 2008. It is thought that pike were exposed in the lake, who find in shallow waters rich with plant swampy side arms an ideal place.