Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet stretches over 200 miles from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage, with its rich watershed covering 39,000 square miles. Along the way, it narrows from about 80 miles wide to just 9 miles wide in its northeastern headwaters. The Dena’ina people were the first to explore & settle this magnificent area. Russian fur hunters were among the first European visitors in the 18th century. It is named after Captain James Cook who sailed into the Inlet during a 1778 expeditio