Published: July 27th, 2008 12:20 AM
Last Modified: July 27th, 2008 01:03 AM
CHIGNIK LAKE
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POPULATION: 128 (2007)
LOCATION: On the south side of the Alaska Peninsula next to the body of water of the same name, 13 miles from Chignik, 265 miles southwest of Kodiak and 474 miles southwest of Anchorage.
DESCRIPTION: A predominantly Alutiiq village where seven of every eight residents is wholly or partly Alaska Native. Fishing is the economic mainstay. Many residents leave the community during summer months to fish from Chignik Lagoon or work at the fish processors at Chignik. The people depend heavily on subsistence hunting and fishing, and use salmon, other fish, caribou, moose and seal. There is one school, attended by about 40 students.
HISTORY: The present population traces its roots from the Alutiiq near Illnik and the old village of Kanatag near Becharof Lake. The community was the winter residence of a single family in 1903. Other families moved from surrounding communities in the early 1950s when a school was built. It has developed as a fishing village.
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