Parcels of land are now up for grabs on the Seward Peninsula.
The Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, is holding a land sale for sites in the East Fork Pass — about 40 miles east-northeast of Nome along the Council Road, near the Skookum Pass.
The land sale is intended for “remote recreational cabin” parcels, and prohibits commercial use and permanent residences on the land.
Despite these restrictions, the process is still familiar of “wild west” days. To claim a plot (no smaller than 5 acres and no larger than 20 acres), interested parties have to survey the site themselves before literally “staking” down a claim to the land.
Those claims will then be reviewed by DNR — and, if approved, leased to the applicant until final sale.
The East Fork Pass is one of five land sale sites currently up for grabs around the state. Others include Snake Lake outside of Dillingham, Half Cabin Lake and the Dillinger River.
Parties interested in surveying or purchasing a plot of land during the sale can go to landsales.alaska.gov for more information. The deadline to apply is November 25th.
