Offshore Systems-Kenai v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

*351OPINION

STOWERS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Offshore Systems-Kenai (Offshore) operates a commercial dock facility on Cook Inlet in the Kenai Peninsula Borough (Borough). Nikishka Beach Road traverses Offshore's property. The public has used this road to access the beach since the 1950s. In 2007 Offshore installed a gate blocking the road. The State and the Borough sought an injunetion against Offshore, alleging a public right-of-way or prescriptive easement exists over Nikishka Beach Road.1 Offshore counterclaimed for a declaratory judgment quieting title to its property. The parties disputed the…