HOOD CANAL
- Program
- Subject
- Location
- Lat/Long
- Grant Recipient
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Historic Transportation Canals
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Transportation
- Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK, USA
- 61.1816798, -149.9745572
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Alaska Historical Society
HOOD CANAL
Inscription
HOOD CANALCOMPLETED 1940 CONNECTING
LAKE HOOD & LAKE SPENARD.
INCREASED TAKEOFF AREA FOR
FLOATPLANES & MADE POSSIBLE
LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
The opening of Hood Canal in 1940 helped to make the Lake Hood Seaplane Base one of the busiest in the world, enhancing development and opening rural areas of Alaska.
