Mt. McKinley is once again Denali
President Obama has just changed the name of the mountain: Article on renaming So will they now start to call it "McKinley National Park?" And in other news, the president will once again be ...
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Well, contrary to many views expressed herein, not all Alaskans called the mountain Denali. I was born and raised in Alaska and lived there for the better part of 50 years until the recent sojourn to Ewe-stun.
Most folks, including the people that climbed it that I knew, called it Mt. McKinley or just McKinley. I recognize that the AK Legislature resolved that it should be Denali and there's certainly no reason not to call it that. However, the chorus that "this is what all the Alaskans call it anyway" is simply incorrect.
I would guess that most Alaskans (and despite what some in the media would like folks to think, the numbers simply dictate that "most" Alaskans live in cities or towns with ambition such as Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau) called the Mountain and the Park "McKinley" until probably the early 90's when it became much more politically correct to challenge anything to do with the Alaska of the '60's - '80's.
Most folks, including the people that climbed it that I knew, called it Mt. McKinley or just McKinley. I recognize that the AK Legislature resolved that it should be Denali and there's certainly no reason not to call it that. However, the chorus that "this is what all the Alaskans call it anyway" is simply incorrect.
I would guess that most Alaskans (and despite what some in the media would like folks to think, the numbers simply dictate that "most" Alaskans live in cities or towns with ambition such as Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau) called the Mountain and the Park "McKinley" until probably the early 90's when it became much more politically correct to challenge anything to do with the Alaska of the '60's - '80's.
