On March 11, 1969, the Great Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America ( OCA ) solemnly proclaimed the Act of the Universal Church Canonization of the Staretz Herman to Sainthood in the Orthodox Church in America: " Taking into consideration the long and undisputed witness of the grace of God, appearing through the servant of God, the Staretz Herman of Alaska.

* Address of the Great Council of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America 11-13 March 1969, Concerning The Canonization of the Spiritual Father Herman of Alaska

Other especially notable earthquakes that spurred major developments in the science of seismology include the 1857 Basilicata earthquake, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, and the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.

* March 27 ( Good Friday ) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second most powerful known ( and the most powerful earthquake in the United States ) at a magnitude of 9. 2, strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.

* January 27 – February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome ( the " Great Race of Mercy ") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U. S. territory of Alaska, to combat an epidemic.

In 1784, with encouragement from Empress Catherine the Great, explorer Grigory Shelekhov founded Russia's first permanent settlement in Alaska at Three Saints Bay.

From 1792 to 1794, George Vancouver charted the Pacific Northwest on behalf of Great Britain, including the Strait of Georgia, the bays and inlets of Puget Sound, and the Johnstone Strait – Queen Charlotte Strait and much of the rest of the British Columbia Coast and southeast Alaska shorelines.

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference ( GNAC ) is a college athletic conference which has historically operated in the Northwestern United States, but also currently includes four schools in areas not usually considered part of that region — two in Alaska ( neither of which is located in Southeast Alaska, an area often considered part of the Northwest ), one in eastern Montana ( almost never considered part of the region ), and one in the Canadian province of British Columbia ( an area included with the Northwest U. S. in the larger Pacific Northwest region ).

* Rabelais ' reputed last words, " I go to seek a Great Perhaps " are referenced in John Green's young adult novel Looking for Alaska.

Within North America, there are northern pike populations in Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Montana, Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Iowa, Utah, Northern New Mexico and Arizona, Colorado, New York, Idaho, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec ( pike are rare in British Columbia and east coast provinces ), Alaska, the Ohio Valley, the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries, the Great Lakes Basin and surrounding states, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and parts of Oklahoma.

The Western Alaska Council and Southeast Alaska Council merged to form the Great Alaska Council in January, 2006.

Scouts in the Russian oblast of Magadan have a relationship with the Great Alaska Council.

* Great Alaska Council

Its mission was to establish an air route between Great Falls and Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, as part of the United States Lend-Lease Program that supplied the Soviet Union with aircraft and supplies needed to fight the German Army.

* The Palace of Depression was built by the eccentric and mustached George Daynor, a former Alaska gold miner who lost his fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and was known as " The Strangest House in the World " or the " Home of Junk ", and was built as a testament of willpower against the effects of The Great Depression.

Breeding takes place generally north of 50 ° northern latitude in northern Europe and Asia ( where it is known as the Great Grey Shrike ), and in North America ( where it is known as the Northern Shrike ) north of 55 ° northern latitude in Canada and Alaska.

The Great Blue Heron is found throughout most of North America, as far north as Alaska and the southern Canadian provinces.

In North America, its breeding range lies along the Saint Lawrence River, through the Great Lakes, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Dakotas, south to Kansas, west to California, and along coastal Pacific Canada and southern coastal Alaska.

Glacial loess from the Matanuska Glacier blown into Matanuska Valley created the fertile soil conditions that motivated the Matanuska Colony resettlement experiment in Alaska during the Great Depression.

Today CN owns approximately of track in 8 provinces ( the only two not served by CN are Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island ), as well as a stretch of track into the Northwest Territories to Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake ; it is the northernmost rail line anywhere within the North American Rail Network, as far north as Anchorage, Alaska.

Their breeding habitat is inland lakes and marsh ponds in tundra from Alaska through western Canada to western Montana ; few breed east of James Bay and the Great Lakes.

He worked with Great Britain in resolving border disputes between the United States ( Alaska ) and Canada and also in the North Atlantic fisheries.

The NIT Season Tip-Off carries none of the postseason tournament's stigma, and is one of many popular season-opening tournaments held every year around the country ( alongside events such as the Maui Invitational and the Great Alaska Shootout ).

UAA also hosts the nationally known Great Alaska Shootout college basketball tournament every Thanksgiving, and the Kendall Hockey Classic in October.

* Great Western Shootout ( published by Britannica Software )

Also in basketball, two of the best-known early-season tournaments for D-I schools, the Great Alaska Shootout and Maui Invitational, are hosted by D-II schools that also compete in the events, respectively Alaska – Anchorage and Chaminade.

The Great Alaska Shootout has men's and women's tournaments, while the Maui Invitational only involves men's teams.

It is home to the Alaska Aces ECHL ice hockey team, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team ( WCHA ), the Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament, and the Alaska Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events.

A new arena for the Seawolves basketball team and the Great Alaska Shootout is currently being planned.

* 1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

However, Alaska – Anchorage has been highly competitive in the women's Shootout, winning the tournament five times since 2003.