Lake Louise

Community Profile

POPULATION: 92 (2002 est.)

LOCATION: 32 miles northwest of Glennallen, at the north end of a 19-mile road that leaves Mile 159.8 of the Glenn Highway to the south.

DESCRIPTION: A mostly non-Native seasonal community spread throughout a popular boating and fishing recreation area. Lake Louise is known for its lake trout; ice fishing is popular during winter months. Lodges provide year-round accommodations. Many residents are seasonally employed or retired. Nearly 85 percent of the 255 housing units are used only part of the year. Students are home-schooled or attend school in Glennallen.

HISTORY: Lake Louise is a local name first reported by Capt. E.F. Glenn of the U.S. Geological Survey in Glenn and Abercrombie, 1889. The area is now designated State Recreation Area.

Source: Alaska Dept. of Community and Economic Development

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