page_title: Chisana, Alaska
hierarchical_section_title: Chisana, Alaska
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern and eastern sides of the post office in Chisana in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The post office is part of the Chisana Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The truck to the left appears to be a Dodge M37.
context_page_description: Chisana is a ghost town abandoned and a census-designated place in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river'. The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just north of Northway Junction, Alaska, to form the Tanana River, a major tributary of the Yukon River. The Chisana Airport consists of a turf and gravel runway which is largely serviced by flights from Tok, Alaska.
  In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.
  In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide 27,000 acres area located partly in Valdez-Cordova Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: Chisana (also Shushanna) (Tsetsaan' Na in Ahtna) is a ghost town abandoned and a  census-designated place (CDP) in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the CDP was 0. The English name Chisana derives from the Ahtna Athabascan name Tsetsaan' Na, meaning literally 'copper river' (not to be confused with the river known in English as the Copper River). The Chisana River joins the Nabesna River just north of Northway Junction, Alaska, to form the Tanana River, a major tributary of the Yukon River. The Chisana Airport consists of a turf and gravel runway which is largely serviced by flights from Tok, Alaska.
  In 1985, the community was listed as Chisana Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.
  
  In 1998 the Chisana Historic Mining Landscape historic district, comprising the community and a wide 27,000 acres (11,000 ha) area located partly in Valdez-Cordova Census Area and partly in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Chisana's post office
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