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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

The following summer, when railroad surveyors saw what he’d done, Barrett agreed to lease some of his land to the Copper River & Northwestern for a turntable, freight yard, crew quarters and a depot.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2022

The bright fillets are fattier than many others, owing to the need for the fish to store up energy ahead of a particularly long haul up the Copper River.

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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