Published: November 6th, 2008 12:17 AM
Last Modified: November 6th, 2008 01:20 AM
IVANOF BAY
POPULATION: 0
LOCATION: On the northeast end of the Kupreanof Peninsula, 500 miles southwest of Anchorage and 250 miles southeast of Dillingham.
DESCRIPTION: A community with traditional Alutiiq influences, where the residents practice a subsistence lifestyle, hunting and fishing for salmon, trout, crab, clams, moose, caribou, bear, porcupine and seals. Two residents hold commercial permits for salmon and halibut. Some trap in the winter. In summer, they leave the community to live and fish near Chignik.
HISTORY: The bay was named in 1880 by Lt. Dall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. A salmon cannery operated at this site from the 1930s to the early 1950s. A post office operated 1952-54. Several families moved from Perryville to Ivanof Bay in 1965 in search of better water sources and hunting grounds, and to pursue a peaceful lifestyle with religious freedom.
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