On the lighter side this week, I see President-elect Trump wants to rename Denali in Alaska as Mount McKinley. Until the recent news reports, I didn’t realize the federal name change happened a mere decade ago under the Obama administration.
During my first visit to the state back in 1997 for a fishing trip, I heard Alaskans exclusively refer to the mountain as Denali. I’ve been back twice more, but to this Lower 48er on my first trip, it was Mount McKinley. Several people up there immediately corrected me.
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Christmas week chuckles: A mountain-naming controversy as Trump says he’ll rename Denali in Alaska
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