The Stikine River Garnet festival is scheduled annually, every
third week in April. The festival was designed to enhance the
education of Wrangell's school children, community and visitors about
the wildlife and history of the Stikine River Delta as well as
encourage economic development and diversity for the community. The
festival celebrates the arrival of the largest springtime
concentration of Bald Eagles in North America on the Stikine River
Delta, the arrival of spring in Alaska as well as the history of
Garnet Ledge. The variety and large springtime concentration of
wildlife on the Stikine's (Stik-Heen) delta sets the Garnet Festival
apart from all other festivals in Alaska.
In early May, the tidal flats of the Copper River Delta shimmer
with the activity of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds. As many as
5 million shorebirds rest and feed here during spring migration. The
Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival provides the ideal opportunity
for bird watchers to be part of this epic migration. Many activities,
workshops, and community events are offered throughout the festival.
We invite you to join us in Cordova for the premier birding event of
the new millenium.
Make plans now to join us and celebrate a spectacular and unique
natural event: the Word's Largest Concentration of Bald Eagles.
Starting in late October, eagles by the hundreds can be seen along
the sand bars and in cottonwood trees in the Alaska Chikat Bald Eagle
Preserve. The festival is full of events for birdwatchers,
photographers and nature lovers. Activities include photo workshops,
guided eagle viewing, the release of wild rehabilitated Bald Eagles,
plus speakers and slideshow presentations.
