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3 unusual facts about Knik


KABA

KNIK-LP, a low-power television station (channel 6) licensed to serve Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which held the call sign KABA-LP from June to September 2009

Knik River

The term "knik," present in the names of the river, the arm of Cook Inlet, and the glacier, as well as the communities of Knik-Fairview and Knik River, derives from the Inupiaq word igniq ("fire").

Willow, Alaska

Ships and boats brought supplies and equipment up Cook Inlet, landing at Knik or Tyonek.


Knik Glacier

Knik Glacier was the setting for a scene in which Captain Kirk and Dr McCoy are rescued from the Klingon ice planet prison Rura Penthe.

Knik River

Much of its length is paralleled by the paved Old Glenn Highway and the paved (as of 2000) Knik River Road, along which can be found the community of Knik River.


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