Southeastern Alaska is nearly all national forest land while much of the mainland or interior is public domain. good for grazing reindeer. dredging of gold and lumbering where there is timber. Out in the Aleutian Islands. where the Government recently returned the Aleuts. Americas only war refugees. from temporary camps near Juneau. the chief occupations are fishing and fur farming. The natives. only about 1.100 in number all told. live a subsistence type of existence although fox fur farming and sheep grazing show some promise. The Aleutians. of course. extend to within 650 miles of Japans Kurile Islands and house some big army and navy bases since the Japanese tried to seize Aleutian bases early in the war.
Keywords matched
refugees