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'''Eagle''' ({{lang|haa|Tthee T’äwdlenn}} in [[Hän language|Hän Athabascan]]<ref>[http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names]</ref>) is a city on the south bank of the Yukon River near the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in the [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska]], United States. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]]. The population was 86 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]]. Every February, Eagle hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance [[Yukon Quest]] sled dog race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/yukon-quest-trail/yukon-quest-trail-map|title=Yukon Quest Trail Map|website=Yukon Quest|access-date=2016-03-26}}</ref>
'''Eagle''' ({{lang|haa|Tthee T’äwdlenn}} in [[Hän language|Hän Athabascan]]<ref>[http://www.uaf.edu/anla/collections/map/names/ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names]</ref>) is a village on the south bank of the [[Yukon River]], near the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in the [[Southeast Fairbanks Census Area]] in [[Alaska, United States]]. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. [[National Historic Landmark]]. The population was 86 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]]. Every February, Eagle hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance [[Yukon Quest]] sled dog race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/yukon-quest-trail/yukon-quest-trail-map|title=Yukon Quest Trail Map|website=Yukon Quest|access-date=March 26, 2016|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329100406/http://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/yukon-quest-trail/yukon-quest-trail-map|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
Eagle is located at {{Coord|64|47|10|N|141|12|0|W| region:US-AK_type:city}} (64.786022, -141.199917).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
Eagle is located at {{Coord|64|47|10|N|141|12|0|W| region:US-AK_type:city}} (64.786022, -141.199917),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> in a straight line about {{convert|5.9|mi|km}} west of the border between Alaska and the [[Yukon Territory]] of Canada at the [[141st meridian west]].


Eagle is on the southern bank of the Yukon River, {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of the border between Alaska and the [[Yukon Territory]] of Canada at the end of the [[Taylor Highway]], near [[Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve]].
Eagle is on the southern bank of the Yukon River at the end of the [[Taylor Highway]], near [[Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve]].


According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2|adj=on}}, all land.
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2|adj=on}}, all land.


==Climate==
==Climate==
Like most of Alaska, Eagle has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'') with long, cold winters occasionally moderated by [[Chinook_wind#Chinooks_and_föhn_winds_in_the_inland_United_States|chinook wind]]s, and short, warm summers. In the absence of chinook moderation, winter temperatures can be dangerously cold: in the notoriously cold month of December 1917, the temperature did not rise above {{convert|&minus;25|F|C|1|disp=or}} and it averaged {{convert|&minus;46|F|C|1|disp=or}}.<ref>Day, Preston C.; ‘Extreme Cold in the Yukon Region’; in ‘The Cold Winter of 1917-18’; ''[[Monthly Weather Review]]''; 46(12), pp. 571-572</ref> When chinooks occur, winter temperatures can get above {{convert|32|F|C|disp=or}}, doing so on an average of five days per winter.
Like most of Alaska, Eagle has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwc'') with long, severely cold, dry winters occasionally moderated by [[Chinook wind#Chinooks and föhn winds in the inland United States|chinook wind]]s, and short, warm summers. In the absence of chinook moderation, winter temperatures can be dangerously cold: in the notoriously cold month of December 1917, the temperature did not rise above {{convert|-25|F|C|1}} and it averaged {{convert|-46|F|C|1}}.<ref>Day, Preston C.; ‘Extreme Cold in the Yukon Region’; in ‘The Cold Winter of 1917-18’; ''[[Monthly Weather Review]]''; 46(12), pp. 571-572</ref> When chinooks occur, winter temperatures can get above {{convert|32|F|C|1}}, doing so on an average of five days per winter.


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|location = Eagle
|location = Eagle, Alaska (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present)
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| Jan record high F = 50
| Jan record high F = 50
| Feb record high F = 51
| Feb record high F = 57
| Mar record high F = 53
| Mar record high F = 59
| Apr record high F = 74
| Apr record high F = 74
| May record high F = 87
| May record high F = 91
| Jun record high F = 97
| Jun record high F = 97
| Jul record high F = 93
| Jul record high F = 95
| Aug record high F = 93
| Aug record high F = 93
| Sep record high F = 80
| Sep record high F = 80
| Oct record high F = 69
| Oct record high F = 69
| Nov record high F = 51
| Nov record high F = 51
| Dec record high F = 47
| Dec record high F = 53
| year record high F = 97
| year record high F = 97
| Jan high F = -3.9
| Jan avg record high F = 30.4
| Feb high F = 5.6
| Feb avg record high F = 35.2
| Mar high F = 21.8
| Mar avg record high F = 44.7
| Apr high F = 42.3
| Apr avg record high F = 60.6
| May high F = 59.2
| May avg record high F = 78.6
| Jun high F = 71
| Jun avg record high F = 86.4
| Jul high F = 72.9
| Jul avg record high F = 86.8
| Aug high F = 66.9
| Aug avg record high F = 81.1
| Sep high F = 53.9
| Sep avg record high F = 68.4
| Oct high F = 32.3
| Oct avg record high F = 51.1
| Nov high F = 11.4
| Nov avg record high F = 32.8
| Dec high F = 1.4
| Dec avg record high F = 32.0
| year high F = 36.2
|year avg record high F = 88.6
| Jan low F = -21.5
|Jan high F = 1.0
| Feb low F = -16.6
|Feb high F = 12.0
| Mar low F = -8.2
|Mar high F = 23.7
| Apr low F = 14.4
|Apr high F = 44.8
| May low F = 31.9
|May high F = 61.7
| Jun low F = 43.9
|Jun high F = 72.2
| Jul low F = 47.1
|Jul high F = 73.3
| Aug low F = 41.1
|Aug high F = 66.9
| Sep low F = 30.7
|Sep high F = 54.6
| Oct low F = 15.1
|Oct high F = 33.5
| Nov low F = -5
|Nov high F = 12.7
| Dec low F = -15.6
|Dec high F = 6.5
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|Feb mean F = 0.9
|Mar mean F = 8.7
|Apr mean F = 29.8
|May mean F = 45.9
|Jun mean F = 56.5
|Jul mean F = 59.2
|Aug mean F = 53.1
|Sep mean F = 42.0
|Oct mean F = 24.7
|Nov mean F = 4.5
|Dec mean F = -2.1
|year mean F= 26.3
|Jan low F = -16.4
|Feb low F = -10.2
|Mar low F = -6.4
|Apr low F = 14.8
|May low F = 30.2
|Jun low F = 40.8
|Jul low F = 45.0
|Aug low F = 39.3
|Sep low F = 29.4
|Oct low F = 15.8
|Nov low F = -3.7
|Dec low F = -10.8
|year low F= 14.0
| Jan avg record low F = -50.4
| Feb avg record low F = -43.2
| Mar avg record low F = -33.9
| Apr avg record low F = -9.7
| May avg record low F = 19.8
| Jun avg record low F = 33.5
| Jul avg record low F = 37.9
| Aug avg record low F = 28.6
| Sep avg record low F = 17.1
| Oct avg record low F = -5.7
| Nov avg record low F = -29.4
| Dec avg record low F = -41.0
|year avg record low F = -53.2
| Jan record low F = -71
| Jan record low F = -71
| Feb record low F = -67
| Feb record low F = -67
| Mar record low F = -58
| Mar record low F = -58
| Apr record low F = -30
| Apr record low F = -30
| May record low F = 1
| May record low F = -1
| Jun record low F = 23
| Jun record low F = 20
| Jul record low F = 28
| Jul record low F = 25
| Aug record low F = 18
| Aug record low F = 18
| Sep record low F = -7
| Sep record low F = -7
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| Dec record low F = -69
| Dec record low F = -69
| year record low F = -71
| year record low F = -71
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| Feb precipitation inch = 0.43
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.34
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.34
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.25
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.31
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.18
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| Apr precipitation inch = 0.32
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| May precipitation inch = 0.94
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| Aug precipitation inch = 1.96
| Jul precipitation inch = 2.80
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.22
| Aug precipitation inch = 1.87
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.94
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.39
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.69
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.77
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.7
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.43
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| Mar precipitation days = 4
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| Apr precipitation days = 3
| Mar precipitation days = 3.9
| May precipitation days = 7
| Apr precipitation days = 4.4
| Jun precipitation days = 10
| May precipitation days = 9.4
| Jul precipitation days = 13
| Jun precipitation days = 11.6
| Aug precipitation days = 12
| Jul precipitation days = 16.6
| Sep precipitation days = 9
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| Oct precipitation days = 8
| Sep precipitation days = 11.2
| Nov precipitation days = 7
| Oct precipitation days = 8.1
| Dec precipitation days = 7
| Nov precipitation days = 6.5
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| Dec precipitation days = 7.8
| Feb snow inch = 6.9
| Jan snow inch = 8.0
| Mar snow inch = 5.1
| Feb snow inch = 8.0
| Mar snow inch = 6.1
| Apr snow inch = 3.1
| Apr snow inch = 3.1
| May snow inch = 0.9
| May snow inch = 1.0
| Jun snow inch = 0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.8
| Sep snow inch = 1.3
| Oct snow inch = 9.4
| Oct snow inch = 11.1
| Nov snow inch = 10.9
| Nov snow inch = 12.1
| Dec snow inch = 11.3
| Dec snow inch = 12.0
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|date=November 2015
|Mar snow days = 3.8
|Apr snow days = 1.9
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|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.9
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|Nov snow days = 7.5
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|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Eagle AP, AK (1991–2020)
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|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Eagle AP, AK (1981–2010)
|access-date = August 1, 2023
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|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=afg
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Fairbanks
|access-date = August 1, 2023
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==History==
==History==
For thousands of years, the Eagle area was the home to [[indigenous peoples]], including the historic [[Han (North American people)|Han]] people since long before the arrival of Europeans in Alaska.
For thousands of years prior to Europeans arriving in Alaska, the Eagle area was home to many [[indigenous peoples]], including the [[Han (North American people)|Han]].


The first permanent American-built structure in present-day Eagle was a log [[trading post]] called "Belle Isle", built around 1874. In the late 1800s, Eagle became a supply and trading center for miners working the upper [[Yukon River]] and its tributaries. By 1898, its population had exceeded 1,700, as people were coming into the area because of the [[Klondike Gold Rush]].
The first known American-built{{clarify|reason=Weren't the Han and other indigenous Americans?|date=November 2024}} structure in Eagle was a log [[trading post]] called "Belle Isle", erected around 1874. Subsequently, in the late 1800s, Eagle became a supply and trading center for miners working the upper [[Yukon River]] and its tributaries. By the year 1898, Eagle's population had exceeded 1,700 persons; many newcomers journeyed to the area with word of the [[Klondike Gold Rush]].


In 1901 Eagle became the first incorporated city in the [[Alaska Interior]]. It was named for the many eagles that nested on nearby Eagle Bluff. A [[United States Army]] camp, [[Fort Egbert]], was built at Eagle in 1900. A telegraph line between Eagle and [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]] was completed in 1903. In 1905, [[Roald Amundsen]] arrived in Eagle and telegraphed the news of the [[Northwest Passage]] to the rest of the world.
In 1901, Eagle became the first incorporated city of the [[Alaska Interior]]. It was named for the many eagles that nested on nearby Eagle Bluff. A [[United States Army]] camp, [[Fort Egbert]], was built at Eagle in 1900. A telegraph line between Eagle and [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]] was completed in 1903. In 1905, [[Roald Amundsen]] arrived in Eagle and telegraphed the news of the [[Northwest Passage]] to the rest of the world.


The gold rushes in [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] and [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] lured people away from Eagle. In 1903 Judge [[James Wickersham]] moved the Third Division court from Eagle to Fairbanks. By 1910, Eagle's population had declined to its present-day level (below 200&nbsp;people). Fort Egbert was abandoned in 1911.
The ensuing gold rushes in [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] and [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] eventually lured people away from Eagle. In 1903, Judge [[James Wickersham]] moved the Third Division court from Eagle to Fairbanks. By 1910, Eagle's population had declined to its present-day level, below 200&nbsp;people. Fort Egbert was abandoned in 1911.


Present-day Eagle is home to mostly people of European descent. Nearby [[Eagle Village, Alaska|Eagle Village]] has a small population that is about 50&nbsp;percent [[Han (North American people)|Han]].
Present-day Eagle is home to (mostly) people of European descent; nearby [[Eagle Village, Alaska|Eagle Village]] has a small population that is about 50&nbsp;percent [[Han (North American people)|Han]].


The town enjoyed some notoriety as the setting of [[John McPhee]]'s book ''[[Coming into the Country]]'', which was first published in 1977 and became quite popular. Many of the buildings from the Gold Rush years are preserved as part of the [[Eagle Historic District]], a [[National Historic Landmark]] district.
The town enjoyed some notoriety, as the setting of [[John McPhee]]'s book ''[[Coming into the Country]]'', first published in 1977 and becoming quite popular. Many of the buildings from the Gold Rush years are preserved as part of the [[Eagle Historic District]], a [[National Historic Landmark]] district.
[[File:YukonRiverAtEagle.jpg|thumb|left|650px|Yukon River at Eagle, 2006]]
[[File:YukonRiverAtEagle.jpg|thumb|left|650px|Yukon River at Eagle, 2006]]

The Eagle area also is one of the locales featured on the [[National Geographic Channel]] series ''[[Life Below Zero]]''.
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|2000= 129
|2000= 129
|2010= 86
|2010= 86
|2020= 83
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==Notable person==
*[[Charlie Fisher (baseball)]]
Eagle first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census as Eagle City, although it was not incorporated until the following year. It was shortened to Eagle in the following census.
Eagle first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census as Eagle City, although it was not incorporated until the following year. It was shortened to Eagle in the following census.


As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 129&nbsp;people, 58&nbsp;households, and 37&nbsp;families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|127.9|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}. There were 137&nbsp;housing units at an average density of 135.8 per square mile (52.4/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 93.02% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 6.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 129&nbsp;people, 58&nbsp;households, and 37&nbsp;families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|127.9|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}}. There were 137&nbsp;housing units at an average density of {{convert|135.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.02% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 6.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.


Of the 58 households, 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.
Of the 58 households, 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65&nbsp;years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.
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==Eagle Historic District==
==Eagle Historic District==
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| image = Courthouse in Eagle, Alaska.jpg
| caption = The former federal courthouse
| caption = The former federal courthouse
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| location = Roughly the town of Eagle and the area of [[Fort Egbert]]
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The Eagle Historic District is a well-preserved example of the historic development in Northern Alaska. [[Fort Egbert]] was built in 1889 to serve a central governmental role for the area.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/akso/CR/AKRCultural/CulturalMain/2ndLevel/NHL/NHLEagle.htm NPS NHL Detail]</ref> Over 100 buildings from this era survive including the Federal courthouse<ref name="nhlsum"/> which was funded by fines enacted against the rowdy inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.myalaskan.com/alaska-towns/eagle.html |title=Myalaska.com |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008022045/http://www.myalaskan.com/alaska-towns/eagle.html |archive-date=2014-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on October 27, 1970<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=06000435}}|title=Registration form of Eagle Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=June 9, 2017}} with {{NRHP url|id=06000435|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref> and was designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]] on June 2, 1978.<ref name="nhlsum"/>
The Eagle Historic District is a well-preserved example of the historic development in Northern Alaska. [[Fort Egbert]] was built in 1889 to serve a central governmental role for the area.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/akso/CR/AKRCultural/CulturalMain/2ndLevel/NHL/NHLEagle.htm NPS NHL Detail]</ref> Over 100 buildings from this era survive including the Federal courthouse<ref name="nhlsum"/> which was funded by fines enacted against the rowdy inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.myalaskan.com/alaska-towns/eagle.html |title=Myalaska.com |access-date=September 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008022045/http://www.myalaskan.com/alaska-towns/eagle.html |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on October 27, 1970<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=06000435}}|title=Registration form of Eagle Historic District|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=June 9, 2017}} with {{NRHP url|id=06000435|photos=y|title=photos}}</ref> and was designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]] on June 2, 1978.<ref name="nhlsum"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://archive.org/details/BLM-Alaska-TR-2 "Fort Egbert and the Eagle Historic District summer-1977: Results of Archeological and Historic Research" by Anne Shinkwin, Elizabeth Andrews, Russell Sackett, and Mary Kroul]
* [https://archive.org/details/BLM-Alaska-TR-2 "Fort Egbert and the Eagle Historic District summer-1977: Results of Archeological and Historic Research" by Anne Shinkwin, Elizabeth Andrews, Russell Sackett, and Mary Kroul]


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[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]]
[[Category:National Historic Landmark Districts]]
[[Category:Hän]]

Latest revision as of 07:51, 10 December 2024

Eagle, Alaska
Tthee T’äwdlenn
Hamlet
Steamer Hannah docked at Eagle circa 1900
Steamer Hannah docked at Eagle circa 1900
Location of Eagle, Alaska
Location of Eagle, Alaska
Coordinates: 64°47′15″N 141°12′5″W / 64.78750°N 141.20139°W / 64.78750; -141.20139
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census areaSoutheast Fairbanks
IncorporatedFebruary 9, 1901[1]
Government
 • MayorDaniel Helmer
 • State senatorClick Bishop (R)
 • State rep.Mike Cronk (R)
Area
[2]
 • Total
0.88 sq mi (2.28 km2)
 • Land0.88 sq mi (2.28 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
853 ft (260 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
83
 • Density94.21/sq mi (36.36/km2)
Time zoneUTC-9 (Alaska (AKST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)
ZIP code
99738
Area code907
FIPS code02-20380
GNIS feature ID1401499

Eagle (Tthee T’äwdlenn in Hän Athabascan[3]) is a village on the south bank of the Yukon River, near the Canada–US border in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area in Alaska, United States. It includes the Eagle Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The population was 86 at the 2010 census. Every February, Eagle hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.[4]

Geography

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Eagle is located at 64°47′10″N 141°12′0″W / 64.78611°N 141.20000°W / 64.78611; -141.20000 (64.786022, -141.199917),[5] in a straight line about 5.9 miles (9.5 km) west of the border between Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada at the 141st meridian west.

Eagle is on the southern bank of the Yukon River at the end of the Taylor Highway, near Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0-square-mile (2.6 km2), all land.

Climate

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Like most of Alaska, Eagle has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with long, severely cold, dry winters occasionally moderated by chinook winds, and short, warm summers. In the absence of chinook moderation, winter temperatures can be dangerously cold: in the notoriously cold month of December 1917, the temperature did not rise above −25 °F (−31.7 °C) and it averaged −46 °F (−43.3 °C).[6] When chinooks occur, winter temperatures can get above 32 °F (0.0 °C), doing so on an average of five days per winter.

Climate data for Eagle, Alaska (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 50
(10) 		57
(14) 		59
(15) 		74
(23) 		91
(33) 		97
(36) 		95
(35) 		93
(34) 		80
(27) 		69
(21) 		51
(11) 		53
(12) 		97
(36)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 30.4
(−0.9) 		35.2
(1.8) 		44.7
(7.1) 		60.6
(15.9) 		78.6
(25.9) 		86.4
(30.2) 		86.8
(30.4) 		81.1
(27.3) 		68.4
(20.2) 		51.1
(10.6) 		32.8
(0.4) 		32.0
(0.0) 		88.6
(31.4)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 1.0
(−17.2) 		12.0
(−11.1) 		23.7
(−4.6) 		44.8
(7.1) 		61.7
(16.5) 		72.2
(22.3) 		73.3
(22.9) 		66.9
(19.4) 		54.6
(12.6) 		33.5
(0.8) 		12.7
(−10.7) 		6.5
(−14.2) 		38.6
(3.7)
Daily mean °F (°C) −7.7
(−22.1) 		0.9
(−17.3) 		8.7
(−12.9) 		29.8
(−1.2) 		45.9
(7.7) 		56.5
(13.6) 		59.2
(15.1) 		53.1
(11.7) 		42.0
(5.6) 		24.7
(−4.1) 		4.5
(−15.3) 		−2.1
(−18.9) 		26.3
(−3.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) −16.4
(−26.9) 		−10.2
(−23.4) 		−6.4
(−21.3) 		14.8
(−9.6) 		30.2
(−1.0) 		40.8
(4.9) 		45.0
(7.2) 		39.3
(4.1) 		29.4
(−1.4) 		15.8
(−9.0) 		−3.7
(−19.8) 		−10.8
(−23.8) 		14.0
(−10.0)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −50.4
(−45.8) 		−43.2
(−41.8) 		−33.9
(−36.6) 		−9.7
(−23.2) 		19.8
(−6.8) 		33.5
(0.8) 		37.9
(3.3) 		28.6
(−1.9) 		17.1
(−8.3) 		−5.7
(−20.9) 		−29.4
(−34.1) 		−41.0
(−40.6) 		−53.2
(−47.3)
Record low °F (°C) −71
(−57) 		−67
(−55) 		−58
(−50) 		−30
(−34) 		−1
(−18) 		20
(−7) 		25
(−4) 		18
(−8) 		−7
(−22) 		−37
(−38) 		−54
(−48) 		−69
(−56) 		−71
(−57)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.34
(8.6) 		0.25
(6.4) 		0.18
(4.6) 		0.32
(8.1) 		0.94
(24) 		1.81
(46) 		2.80
(71) 		1.87
(47) 		1.39
(35) 		0.77
(20) 		0.43
(11) 		0.38
(9.7) 		11.48
(291.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 8.0
(20) 		8.0
(20) 		6.1
(15) 		3.1
(7.9) 		1.0
(2.5) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		1.3
(3.3) 		11.1
(28) 		12.1
(31) 		12.0
(30) 		62.7
(157.7)
Average precipitation days 6.7 4.2 3.9 4.4 9.4 11.6 16.6 15.1 11.2 8.1 6.5 7.8 105.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 5.6 4.9 3.8 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 6.3 7.5 7.1 38.6
Source 1: NOAA (snow/snow days 1981–2010)[7][8]
Source 2: National Weather Service[9]

History

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For thousands of years prior to Europeans arriving in Alaska, the Eagle area was home to many indigenous peoples, including the Han.

The first known American-built[clarification needed] structure in Eagle was a log trading post called "Belle Isle", erected around 1874. Subsequently, in the late 1800s, Eagle became a supply and trading center for miners working the upper Yukon River and its tributaries. By the year 1898, Eagle's population had exceeded 1,700 persons; many newcomers journeyed to the area with word of the Klondike Gold Rush.

In 1901, Eagle became the first incorporated city of the Alaska Interior. It was named for the many eagles that nested on nearby Eagle Bluff. A United States Army camp, Fort Egbert, was built at Eagle in 1900. A telegraph line between Eagle and Valdez was completed in 1903. In 1905, Roald Amundsen arrived in Eagle and telegraphed the news of the Northwest Passage to the rest of the world.

The ensuing gold rushes in Nome and Fairbanks eventually lured people away from Eagle. In 1903, Judge James Wickersham moved the Third Division court from Eagle to Fairbanks. By 1910, Eagle's population had declined to its present-day level, below 200 people. Fort Egbert was abandoned in 1911.

Present-day Eagle is home to (mostly) people of European descent; nearby Eagle Village has a small population that is about 50 percent Han.

The town enjoyed some notoriety, as the setting of John McPhee's book Coming into the Country, first published in 1977 and becoming quite popular. Many of the buildings from the Gold Rush years are preserved as part of the Eagle Historic District, a National Historic Landmark district.

Yukon River at Eagle, 2006

The Eagle area also is one of the locales featured on the National Geographic Channel series Life Below Zero.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900383—
1910178−53.5%
192098−44.9%
193054−44.9%
19407335.2%
195055−24.7%
19609267.3%
197036−60.9%
1980110205.6%
199016852.7%
2000129−23.2%
201086−33.3%
202083−3.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

Notable person

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Eagle first appeared on the 1900 U.S. Census as Eagle City, although it was not incorporated until the following year. It was shortened to Eagle in the following census.

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 129 people, 58 households, and 37 families residing in the city. The population density was 127.9/sq mi (49.4/km2). There were 137 housing units at an average density of 135.8 units per square mile (52.4 units/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.02% White, 6.20% Native American, and 0.78% from two or more races. 0.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 58 households, 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the city the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 44.2% from 45 to 64, and 3.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,042, and the median income for a family was $44,375. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,221. There were 2.6% of families and 16.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 40.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Education

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In the 1970s high school-aged children took correspondence courses from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with a local resident supervising their work.[12] Eagle is now part of the Alaska Gateway School District. Eagle School, a K–12 campus, serves city students.

Eagle Historic District

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Eagle Historic District
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The former federal courthouse
Eagle, Alaska is located in Alaska
Eagle, Alaska
LocationRoughly the town of Eagle and the area of Fort Egbert
Coordinates64°47′28″N 141°12′56″W / 64.7911°N 141.21547°W / 64.7911; -141.21547
Area2,400 acres (970 ha)
Built1898
NRHP reference No.06000435
AHRS No.EAG-001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 1970[13]
Designated NHLDJune 2, 1978[14]

The Eagle Historic District is a well-preserved example of the historic development in Northern Alaska. Fort Egbert was built in 1889 to serve a central governmental role for the area.[15] Over 100 buildings from this era survive including the Federal courthouse[14] which was funded by fines enacted against the rowdy inhabitants.[16] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 1970[17] and was designated as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978.[14]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974". Alaska Local Government. XIII (2). Juneau: Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs: 31. January 1974.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ UAF: Alaska Native Place Names
  4. ^ "Yukon Quest Trail Map". Yukon Quest. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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