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Lake Louise
POPULATION: 89 (2006)
LOCATION:
Thirty-two miles northwest of Glennallen, at the north end of a 19-mile road that leaves Mile 159.8 of the Glenn Highway.
DESCRIPTION:
A mostly non-Native seasonal community spread throughout a popular boating and fishing area. Lake Louise is known for its lake trout; ice fishing is popular in winter months.
Lodges provide year-round accommodations. Many residents are seasonally employed or retired. Nearly 85 percent of the 255 homes are used only part of the year. Students are home-schooled or attend school in Glennallen.
HISTORY:
Lake Louise lies on the western edge of historic Copper River Ahtna Athabascan territory. The Ahtna were semi-nomadic and traded furs with the Dena'ina of Upper Cook Inlet.
Lake Louise is a local name first reported by Capt. E.F. Glenn of the USGS in 1889.
During the 1940s, the area was homesteaded through BLM land disposals and later state land sales. The area is now a designated state recreation area.
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