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Records of North American Big Game - A Boone and Crockett Club Publication.
Bear Boundaries.
The big brown bears are found on Kodiak Island and Afognak Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula, and eastward and southeastward along the coast of Alaska. The smaller interior grizzly is found in the remaining parts of the continent. The boundary between the two was first defined as an imaginary line extending 75 miles inland from the coast of Alaska. Later this boundary was more precisely defined with the current definition as follows:
A line of separation between the larger growing coastal brown bear and the smaller interior grizzly has been developed such that west and south of this line ( to and including Unimak Island ) bear trophies are recorded as Alaskan brown bear. North and east of this line, bear trophies are recorded as grizzly bear. The boundary line description is as follows: Starting at Pearse Canal and following the Canadian-Alaskan boundary to Mt. Natazhat; thence west northwest along the divide of the Wrangell Range to Mt. Jarvis at the western end of the Wrangell Range; thence north along the divide of the Mentasta Range to Mentasta Pass; thence in a general westerly direction along the divide of the Alaskan Range to Houston Pass; thence westerly following the 62nd parallel of latitude to the Bering Sea. 
Polar bear must be taken in either United States or Canadian-held water and/or land mass in order to be eligible. This definition is necessary because of the wide range of polar bears in the far northern hemisphere. Reply