Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness

The Salt Chuck East Cabin in the Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness.

The Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located on Kupreanof Island, Alaska, within the Tongass National Forest.[1] Created in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,[2] the wilderness area protects 46,849 acres of temperate rainforests, salt marsheses and rugged, glacier-carved mountains.[3]

References

  1. ^ Petersburg Creek – Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness, United States Forest Service.
  2. ^ Public Law 96-487.
  3. ^ Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness, Wilderness.net
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56°52′N 133°11′W / 56.867°N 133.183°W / 56.867; -133.183


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