KAHILTNA GOLD

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KAHILTNA GOLD

The East homestead at Quiet Lake lies a half mile from the Kahiltna River in Alaska’s vast Susitna Valley. The river flows from the Kahiltna Glacier on the south flank of Denali, North America’s highest peak.

For years, gold miners have staked claims along the Kahiltna River hoping to make their fortune. Dulce and Michael’s birch syrup is their “Kahiltna Gold”. “Kahiltna” is an Athabascan word meaning roughly “from the source”. This source refers to Denali, also an Athabascan word, meaning “the great one”.

Collecting Alaskan Birch Syrup from Paper Birch Trees

The birch trees from which the sap is drawn obtain their water from this source. The sap is pure and clean, as is the water and air, making Kahiltna Gold birch syrup prized for its purity. The Talkeetna area homestead where the Easts now tap trees is located in the Susitna Valley east of the Kahiltna River area. It is also a pristine area rich in history, located at the confluence of three rivers: the Talkeetna, the Chulitna, and the Susitna.