Kenai Alaska

	Kenai

Kenai is located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough southwest of Anchorage, between Nikiski and Soldotna along Kenai Spur Highway near the Cook Inlet. It is on the western boundary of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

More than 200 years ago, European visitors to the area encountered the Dena'ina Athabascans. In 1778, English captain James Cook sailed up Kenai Bay, now Cook Inlet, in search of the Northwest Passage. The first white settlement of Kenai was set up by Russian fur traders in 1791. TheHoly Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1849. The Northern Packing Company built the first cannery in Kenai, now part of the Alaska Territory, in 1888.

Today Kenai, population 6,942, relies on industries that include natural gas, oil, commercial fishing and tourism. Visitors can view beluga whales feeding on salmon, grazing caribou, swooping eagles and active volcanoes. A self-guided walking tour of Old Town Kenai is recommended. Also of interest is the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center.

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The Most Anticipated Upcoming Alaska Events Are:
Nutcracker Ballet Fairbanks December 4 thru December 6
Blues Train Anchorage continuing thru September 27
Jazz Festival Sitka February 4 thru February 6
Polar Bear Jump-Off Festival Seward January 15 thru January 17
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival Anchorage January 15 thru January 16

Other upcoming events include:
Julebukking Petersburg December 24
Alyeska WinterFest Anchorage February 5 thru February 7
Jazz Festival Sitka February 4 thru February 6
Winter Festival North Pole December 5 thru December 6
Wearable Arts Extravaganza "Cirque de Pluie" Juneau February 13 thru February 14

6 What have people been Tweeting about Kenai?

Latest Tweets About Kenai Alaska

tmj_ak_usa_jobs "State of Alaska is Hiring: Social Worker I/II (Children's Services) (Kenai, AK) http://bit.ly/7DDMTb #Jobs #TweetMyJOBS"
laktek "RubyConf 2009 slides for JRuby and Duby have been uploaded to http://jruby.kenai.com/presentations/ (via @headius)"
shita "Good Job ! No summary, yet RT @headius RubyConf 2009 slides for JRuby and Duby have been uploaded to http://jruby.kenai.com/presentations"
anglerweb "new fishing report for Kenai River is at http://www.anglerweb.com/fishingreports/FishingReportDetails.aspx?reportid=4958"
headius "RubyConf 2009 slides for JRuby and Duby have been uploaded to http://jruby.kenai.com/presentations/"
KENAIWEAZZY "RT @artillerymusic RT @KENAIWEAZZY: RT @georgiefavelas Arcangel Ft kenai con pista del anormal del genero dile @artillerymusic El (contu2026"
normontour "My friend just said she could see kenai headlining brixton academy! What a fucking idiot!!!! #fb"
logan_barnett "Updated some of our #jemini sample games, which now use the latest ver. and have their own repos on Kenai (http://jemini.org)"
marisagiglio "First day of no rain in over a week, off for a run with Kenai"
floridasport "Florida-Sportsman Latest fishing Auctions: VINTAGE EMBROIDERED PATCH KENAI ALASKA FISHING US.. http://bit.ly/08fs5vu"
mperedim "Sun's project Kenai looks a lot like Linux; really interesting, lots of work being put in it and poorly documented #rant"
CharliScott "RT @shotgunriot: Playing the Square in Harlow tonight... Shotgun Riot + Kenai + EmCoil + Burning Bridges http://bit.ly/07JWcpY"
ssdeathcrew "RT @shotgunriot: Playing the Square in Harlow tonight... Shotgun Riot + Kenai + EmCoil + Burning Bridges http://bit.ly/07JWcpY"
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