Covenant Life, Alaska
| Covenant Life, Alaska | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Covenant Life
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| Coordinates: 59°24′0″N 136°4′35″W / 59.40000°N 136.07639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Haines |
| Government | |
| • Borough mayor | Janice Hill |
| • State senator | Dennis Egan (D) |
| • State rep. | Sam Kito III (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.2 sq mi (70.5 km2) |
| • Land | 27.1 sq mi (70.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 259 ft (79 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 86 |
| • Density | 3/sq mi (1.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| Area code(s) | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-17670 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1866938 |
Covenant Life is a census-designated place (CDP) in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 86, down from 102 at the 2000 census.
It is a community of people with common religious beliefs, with a panel of church elders who set policy for the community's common church, K-12 school, and private 4-year university, and a loose form of self- (municipal) government. An emphasis on community living is a key value in their lifestyle, such as taking most meals together in a common meeting place. The community was established during a Christian religious movement in the 1960s and 1970s, where many such communities were established in Alaska and Canada, with emphasis on self-sufficiency and at least partial agricultural independence. The latter lends to the term often used by outsiders as "The Farm", in reference to a single such community. Modern technology is not forbidden, nor discouraged, but due to remoteness and complete lack of public utilities, it is present much less so than in American and Canadian culture.
Covenant Life is located in northern Haines Borough at 59°24′0″N 136°4′35″W / 59.40000°N 136.07639°W (59.400046, -136.076433), between the Klehini River to the north and the Tsirku River to the south. The eastern end of the CDP is at the Chilkat River. Covenant Life is bordered by the Mosquito Lake CDP to the north and by the community of Klukwan to the east. The turnoff to Covenant Life from Alaska Route 7 is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Haines.
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