Fairbanks, Alaska
Alaska, the Last Frontier. Find your inner adventurer here where pioneers forged a path to greatness. For the most up to date travel information on Fairbanks Alaska, The Fairbanks Alaska CVB website is the source for information on lodging, restaurants, attractions and events. Find information on Gold Dredge No. 8 here. The website also contains information on area weather, maps and other helpful travel aids for what ever you need for an exciting experience.
Nestled on the shores of the Chena River, Fairbanks is Alaska's second-largest city, with a population of close to 35,000 in the city limits and 86,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Fairbanks continues its role as the services hub and gateway to Alaska’s vast Interior and expansive Arctic. Just minutes from town you can go hiking, biking, white water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, dog mushing, skiing, camping, hunting and fishing. Visitors to Fairbanks can also head north to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or south into Denali National Park and view North America’s tallest mountain.
Alaska continues to be home to a diverse group of aboriginal people who first called The Last Frontier their home many thousands of years prior to the miners and merchants of the Gold Rush. The three main groups – Athabascan Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts – are collectively referred to as Alaska Natives. However, separately, they represent different cultures, languages and beliefs. Today, 90,000 Native people constitute 15% of Alaska’s population, living in remote villages as well as urban cities like Fairbanks. Athabascans are predominant in Alaska’s vast Interior and are known for their decorative beadwork, birch bark baskets, and skin sewed garments. Fairbanks is the host city to the Festival of Native Arts, the Athabascan Old-Time Fiddling Festival, the Midnight Sun Intertribal Powwow and the World Eskimo Indian Olympics where visitors can experience a part of Alaska’s rich Native culture. |
