Mendenhall Valley
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Mendenhall Valley (locally known as The Valley) is an area of Juneau in the U.S. state of Alaska. The valley, named for physicist and meteorologist Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, was formed by Mendenhall Glacier over the course of roughly three thousand years. It is the largest area of Juneau in terms of population.
The Mendenhall Valley begins ten miles from the downtown area, at the intersection between of Egan Drive and Glacier Highway, and ends at Auke Bay, ten miles further west. The Valley comprises an area stretching from the wetlands and ocean back to the Mendenhall Glacier as well as Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River, which for the most part drains the valley.
There are four elementary schools (Auke Bay, Glacier Valley, Mendenhall River, and Riverbend) and one middle school (Floyd Dryden) located in the valley. A high school is under construction. Most of Juneau's churches are located in Mendenhall Valley.
