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Introducing Wood-Tikchik State Park
At 2500 sq miles, Wood-Tikchik is the country's largest state park. Thirty miles north of Dillingham, the park preserves two large systems of interconnecting lakes that are the important spawning grounds for Bristol Bay's salmon. Wildlife in the park includes brown and black bears, beavers, moose, foxes and wolves. The fishing for arctic char, rainbow trout, dolly varden, grayling, salmon and northern pike is excellent. All five species of Pacific salmon spawn in the park.
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With the exception of the 11 expensive fishing lodges in or just outside the park, Wood-Tikchik is almost totally undeveloped. You'll find some well-used campsites here and there, but no formal campgrounds and no trails. Even the park's ranger station is outside the park, at Lake Aleknagik.
For park information, contact Wood-Tikchik State Park (in Dillingham late May-late Sep 842-2375, in Anchorage year-round 269-8698; www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/woodtik.htm).
Last updated: Mar 2, 2009
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