Summit of Iliamna Portage
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Description:
Summit of Mountain Gap (Dzel Ggezh in Dena'ina) on the Iliamna Portage, August 4, 1921. An Alaska Road Commission laborer is seen carrying the Macnab-Vreeland canoe over the portage. The other packer is behind the big rock on the left, which was a "medicine" or "votive" rock.
Listen to Gus Jensen talk about the photo.
Listen to Buck Delkittie talk about the photo.
Photo Courtesy of:
Sandra Orris
Photo By:
Frederick K. Vreeland