page_title: Knik Site
hierarchical_section_title: Knik Site
caption_attribution_description: English: Knik Site, About 15 miles southwest of Wasilla on Knik Rd. Wasilla This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 73000379
context_page_description: The Knik Site, also known as the Old Knik Townsite, is the location in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska that was once home to the largest settlement on Cook Inlet. The only surviving remnants of the community are a former log roadhouse, now a museum operated by the Wasilla-Knik Historical Society, and a log cabin. The Knik area had long been a meeting point of Native Alaskans, and in 1898 it became the principal community on Cook Inlet from which goods were shipped into the interior. In 1916 the Alaska Railroad reached the site of present-day Anchorage, bypassing Knik and leading to Anchorage's growth. When the railroad reached Wasilla, Knik lost all importance as a transshipment point, and its buildings were either abandoned or moved to one of the other communities. Knik is located about 13 miles southwest of Wasilla.
  The two surviving buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
context_section_description: The Knik Site, also known as the Old Knik Townsite, is the location in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska that was once home to the largest settlement on Cook Inlet.  The only surviving remnants of the community are a former log roadhouse, now a museum operated by the Wasilla-Knik Historical Society, and a log cabin.  The Knik area had long been a meeting point of Native Alaskans, and in 1898 it became the principal community on Cook Inlet from which goods were shipped into the interior.  In 1916 the Alaska Railroad reached the site of present-day Anchorage, bypassing Knik and leading to Anchorage's growth.  When the railroad reached Wasilla, Knik lost all importance as a transshipment point, and its buildings were either abandoned or moved to one of the other communities.  Knik is located about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Wasilla.
  The two surviving buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
caption: The surviving cabin at Knik
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