Denali Borough Boundary Description

 

The jurisdictional boundaries of the Denali Borough are described as follows:

        Beginning at the intersection of 147° 00 ' 00" West Longitude and the northern boundary of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (as described in the "Certificate of Boundaries - Matanuska-Susitna Borough" issued by the Local Affairs Agency, State of Alaska on June 30, 1971 and recorded in the Palmer Recording District on July 7, 1971);

         thence, southwesterly , along said northern boundary of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to its northwestern most corner at approximately 153°  00' West Longitude and 62° 44' North Latitude;

         thence, northeasterly along the following described line to its intersection with the western boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve (as established under Section 202(3) (a) of Public Law 96 - 487, approved by Congress on December 2, 1980) at approximately 152° 24' West Longitude and 63° 11' North Latitude; said line beginning at the northwestern most corner of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and extending to the baseline of the Fairbanks Meridian at 150° 00' 00" West Longitude (hereinafter "Matanuska-Susitna Borough/Fairbanks Meridian line");

         thence, northeasterly along said western boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve to its intersection with the Matanuska-Susitna Borough/Fairbanks Meridian line at approximately 151° 17' West Longitude and 64° 00' 00" North Latitude;

         thence, northeasterly along the Matanuska-Susitna Borough/Fairbanks Meridian line to its intersection with the extension of the northern boundary of Section 31, Surveyed Township 6 South, Range 8 West , Fairbanks Meridian;

         thence, east along the extension of the northern boundary of Section 31, Surveyed Township 6 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian (following the northern boundary of the Railbelt Regional Educational Attendance Area established pursuant to AS 14. 08. 031 [hereinafter "REAA Boundary"]) to the northeast corner of Section 33, Surveyed Township 6 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian;

         thence, south along the REAA Boundary line to the southeast corner of Section 33, Surveyed Township 6 South, Range 8 West, Fairbanks Meridian;

         thence, east along the REAA Boundary line to its intersection with the western boundary of the Fairbanks North Star Borough (as described in the "Certificate - Boundaries of the Fairbanks North Star Borough" issued by the Department of Community and Regional Affairs, State of Alaska on April 20, 1983);

         thence southeasterly along said boundaries of the Fairbanks North Star Borough to its intersection with 147° 00' 00" West Longitude;

         thence, south along 147 ° 00' 00" West Longitude to its intersection with said boundaries of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the point of beginning, all in the State of Alaska, containing 12,780 square miles, more or less.