Experts' Choice Award Eklutna Village Historic Park
What the experts agree on
This 350-year-old Athabascan village showcases a unique blend of Russian Orthodox and Alaska Native cultures, centered around two historic churches and a fascinating cemetery filled with elaborately decorated spirit houses dating back to 1650.
Frommer's "The Native village of Eklutna has a fascinating old cemetery, still in use, in which each grave is enclosed by a highly decorated spirit house the size of a large dollhouse" Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"One of the most interesting anthropological sites in the region, where the uneasy marriage of the Athabascan and Russian Orthodox cultures is enshrined" Full review
Lonely Planet "In one direction, just west of the Eklutna Lake Rd exit at Mile 26.5 of the Glenn Highway, you have the 350-year-old Alaska Native village of Eklutna, home to Eklutna Village Historical..."
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Lonely Planet "Home to an only-in-Alaska combination of Russian Orthodox and Alaska Native culture, the 350-year-old Athabascan village of Eklutna (population 70-ish) is dominated by the Eklutna Village..."
