View from the Seward Highway
I took this photo from the Seward Highway crossing a creek at the foot of the Turnagain Arm, looking in the direction of Portage, behind those mountains. This settlement, about 47 miles (76 km) south of Anchorage, was destroyed almost entirely in the 1964 Good Friday earthquake when the ground in the area sank about six feet, putting most of it below sea level. Along the highway we saw the remains of a few buildings and a "ghost forest" of trees that died after salt water inundated their root systems. The town doesn’t exist anymore, but there is a good wildlife conservation centre in the area.
View from the Seward Highway
I took this photo from the Seward Highway crossing a creek at the foot of the Turnagain Arm, looking in the direction of Portage, behind those mountains. This settlement, about 47 miles (76 km) south of Anchorage, was destroyed almost entirely in the 1964 Good Friday earthquake when the ground in the area sank about six feet, putting most of it below sea level. Along the highway we saw the remains of a few buildings and a "ghost forest" of trees that died after salt water inundated their root systems. The town doesn’t exist anymore, but there is a good wildlife conservation centre in the area.