Point MacKenzie

History

In the book Shem Pete's Alaska, a collection of recollections about the lives of Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina Athabascans, Point MacKenzie is identified as Dilhi Tunch’del’usht Beydegh, (“Point where we transport hooligan”), a trade site where the Dghelay Teht'ana ("The Mountain People") of the Talkeetna Mountains would trade with the Dena'ina of the Knik Arm. Seward's Success was once proposed to be constructed here in the 1970s.

Geography

Point MacKenzie is located at (61.374982, -149.912390). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (1.54%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  10,664
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,352
• Short-billed Gull

  Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 · Aves
  8,073
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  7,662
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,137
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,062
• Red-necked Grebe

  Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  4,542
• American Wigeon

  Mareca americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  4,463

Most recent

• M 3 — 2026-10-16
  21 km SSW of Trapper Creek, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2026-10-16
  18 km SSE of Skwentna, Alaska
• M 3.6 — 2026-10-16
  2 km NW of Knik, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2026-10-16
  24 km N of Sutton-Alpine, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2026-10-16
  19 km ENE of Girdwood, Alaska
• M 3.1 — 2026-10-16
  5 km N of Nikiski, Alaska