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Alaska Trivia
Famous Alaskans
Alaska State Parks
State Bird:
Willow Ptarmigan
State Insect: Four Spot Skimmer Dragonfly
State Mammal: Moose
State Marine Mammal: Bowhead Whale
State Fish: Chinook Salmon
State Tree: Sitka Spruce
State Flower: Forget Me Not
State Gemstone: Jade
State Fossil: Wooly Mammoth, Mammuthus primignius, Pleistocene
period
State Poets Laureate: John Straley
State Song: Alaska's Flag; words by Marie
Drake and music by Elinor Dusenbury
State Motto: North to the future.
State Capital: Juneau
State Nickname: The Last Frontier
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Flag: Alaska became a state on January 3,
1959 and is our 49th state. The flag is blue to
represent the sky, sea, mountain lakes and
Alaska's wildflowers. The stars represent the
big dipper and one is the North State.
Origin of state's name: Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or
“that which the sea breaks against”
Highest Point: Mt. McKinley; 20,320 feet,
Lowest Point: Pacific Ocean; Sea level
Agriculture:
Seafood, nursery stock, dairy products,
vegetables, livestock.
Industry: Petroleum and natural gas,
gold and other mining, food processing,
lumber and wood products, tourism.
National Forests:
Chugach National Forest
Tongass National Forest
National Parks:
Click
here.
State Parks:
For a list of
Alaska State Parks, click here.
Native American Tribes:
The Ahtna tribe, The Aleut
tribe, The Aluutiq/Yupik tribe,
The Eyak tribe, The Gwich'in tribe, The Haida
tribe, The Han tribe, The Holikachuk tribe, The
Ingalik tribe (Degexit'an), The Inupiaq (Inuit),
The Kolchan tribe, The Koyukon tribe, The
Tanaina tribe, The Tanana tribe, The Tlingit
tribe, The
Tsimshian tribe
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