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the village of Hope

  • October 30, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by samepenny from Fort Worth, Texas
the village of Hope

Some folks could write a book about the Village of Hope as it gets 100's of visitors a year. Do something most visitors to Alaska don't do, and drive around Turnagain Arm to Hope. The old gold mining town is actually at the northern end of the old way to get to Seward, the Ressurection Trail. You can make that hike if you want to. It's tough, but it can still be done. That trail is the way the gold miners and early settlers got around that part of Alaska and some people still use the trail for recreation and getting to their gold digs. Don't ask them any questions! The village is tiny, smaller even than it was prior to the 1964 earthquake when Mother Nature decided to remodel Turnagain Arm, raise the level of the sea bed by 16 feet, destroy many, many small villages and make the 'Arm' entirely too dangerous for boat traffic. Pre-earthquake---there used to be ferry service across the Arm from Hope over to Girdwood and Indian Point. Now when you stand on the beach at Hope, you can just about see the traffic on the Seward Highway that's heading for Anchorage, but you can't really get there from here. There's a fairly decent all weather road from Hope to the Seward highway, but I don't think I would enjoy driving it in the heart of winter. Just enjoy the village, spend a little money in the cafe and shops, and look around on the ground to try to spot a gold nugget. If you find one, you get to keep it!

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