Beluga Point Site

Archaeological site in Alaska, United States

United States historic place


Beluga Point Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Beluga Point Site
61°0′19″N 149°41′39″W / 61.00528°N 149.69417°W / 61.00528; -149.69417
NRHP reference No.	78000515^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1978

Beluga Point Site (49ANC-054) is an archaeological location along Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, near Seward Highway Milepost 110, south of Anchorage, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1978.^[1]^[2]

Artifacts of the area are evidence of early human habitation. Beluga Point North 1 (BPN1) artifacts are 8,000–10,000 years old and believed to be evidence of the oldest habitation in Anchorage municipality . Various other artifacts at Beluga Point South 1 and 2 (BPS1 and BPS2) are believed to be 3,500 to 4,000 years old, while some newer ones are dated at 600 to 800 years old.^[3]

Beluga Point is also a wildlife viewing area under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Beluga whales can be sighted seasonly July through August as hundreds of the cetaceans visit Cook Inlet to feed on the Pacific salmon run.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Beluga Point Site". National Park Service. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
^ Reger, phD, Douglas R. (September 21, 2006). "Archaeological Survey of the East 48th Avenue-Boniface Parkway Extension" (PDF). Report to DOWL Engineers of Anchorage, Alaska. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
^ "Beluga Point Wildlife Viewing". Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved January 21, 2013.

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