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Copper River

American  

noun

  1. a stream in S Alaska, flowing through the SE part. 300 miles (483 km) long.


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Ahtna Inc., a corporation owned by Indigenous shareholders in the Copper River region — some 500 miles east of the Kuskokwim — has also sided with the Biden administration.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

Without federal protections on the Copper River, Ahtna anglers would risk getting “pushed out,” according to John Sky Starkey, a lawyer representing Ahtna.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

Today’s Pike Place Market is a symbol of Seattle, a source of identity and pride as well as Copper River salmon and Rainier cherries.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021

But most fish isn’t Copper River salmon, whose annual arrival has become something of a signpost that Seattle’s dreary months might finally start to give way.

From New York Times • May 28, 2021

Then he pointed to a spot nearby where the blue line of the Copper River curved north.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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