Ten-part series from Tour of Anchorage champion Holly Brooks.
Published: April 17th, 2008 12:18 AM
Last Modified: April 17th, 2008 01:02 AM
OLD HARBOR
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POPULATION: 192 (2006)
LOCATION: On the southeast coast of Kodiak Island, 70 miles southwest of the City of Kodiak, 322 miles southwest of Anchorage.
DESCRIPTION: More than 85 percent of residents are Alaska Native, and they practice a traditional Alutiiq (Russian-Aleut) culture and subsistence lifestyle. Thirty-two residents hold commercial fishing permits. There is one school, attended by about 60 students.
HISTORY: The area is thought to have been inhabited for nearly 2,000 years. The area was visited by the Russian Grigori Shelikov and his Three Saints flagship in 1784. Three Saints Bay became the first Russian colony in Alaska. In 1788, a tsunami destroyed the settlement. . A settlement was reestablished at Three Saints Harbor in 1884 and recorded as Staruigavan, meaning "old harbor" in Russian. In 1964, the Good Friday earthquake and resulting tsunami destroyed the community. The community was rebuilt and the city was incorporated in 1966.
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