TREKKING THE PEBBLE MINE ROAD CORRIDOR
The Kamishak Gap is a low-lying area through the Aleutian Range that connects the southwest Alaska mainland with Cook Inlet. Here the weather is famously dynamic, with frequent rain in the summer and strong northwest gap winds gusting through. It’s a course that’s been traditionally used by Alaska Natives traveling from the southeastern shores of Iliamna Lake to western Cook Inlet for subsistence activities. And it’s the place where developers of the proposed Pebble mine hope to build an 85-mile transportation route, with a ferry terminal on one end and a port on the other.
In August, we walked from the proposed port site, Amakdedori, to Iliamna Lake over four days it was an attempt to “ground truth” much of the proposed corridor. We took water quality samples, talked with the local people and captured photos. Read more here.
