Fink v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

STOWERS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The dispute in this case concerns a narrow strip of land in the Turnagain area of Anchorage immediately west of Lyn Ary Park and bordering Knik Arm. The land is in the shape of a parallelogram; its long sides run in a northeasterly direction up Knik Arm and its short sides run north-south. 1

The property was initially subdivided in May 1952 as part of Block K, Turnagain Heights Subdivision, As initially platted the northern subdivision boundary stopped just south of a 50-70 foot bluff, The bluff itself was just south of the mean high-tide line 2 of…