Aleknagik

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Aleknagik
Aleknagik (Alaska)
Aleknagik
Aleknagik
Location in Alaska
Basic data
Foundation : March 26, 1973
State : United States
State : Alaska
Borough : Unorganized Borough
Coordinates : 59 ° 17 ′  N , 158 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 59 ° 17 ′  N , 158 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone : Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 )
Residents : 219 (as of 2010)
Population density : 7.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 48.6 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of
which 29.9 km 2  (approx. 12 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 11 m
Area code : +1 907
FIPS : 02-01420
GNIS ID : 1398091
Mayor : Berna Andrews
AleknagikLake.JPG
Aleknagik Lake with the village of Aleknagik

Aleknagik is a city in the Dillingham Census Area in Alaska . According to the 2000 census , 221 people lived there.

geography

Aleknagik is located at the outflow of the Wood River at the southeast end of Lake Aleknagik , about 25 km northwest of Dillingham . Aleknagik was named after Lake Aleknagik. Aleknagik means "the wrong way home" in Yupik . The Yupik on their way home along the Nushagak River sometimes got lost in the fog and were washed up the Wood River into Aleknagik Lake by the flood.

history

At the end of the 19th century, about 200 people lived in Aleknagik and the other villages along the Wood River. Most of the inhabitants of the villages died in the 1918–1919 flu epidemic. The few survivors were evacuated from the area. In the 1920s, the previous residents gradually returned to Aleknagik and the village grew to around 40 residents by 1931. In 1933 a school was built on the south coast of the lake. Attracted by the school, other facilities, enough fish, game and wood, some families from Goodnews , Togiak and Kulukak moved to Aleknagik. In 1937 a post office was built. In 1939 there were already 78 residents in Aleknagik. There were over 30 buildings, a church and a small sawmill. In 1959 the state built a 41 km long road to Dillingham. Until the 1980s, the road was only passable in summer. Aleknagik received city rights in 1973.

traffic

The state New Aleknagik Airport (IATA: WKK) on the north coast of the lake is not accessible by road. Moody's Aleknagik Seaplane Base, also on the north coast, operates seaplanes. There are two other airports: The public Tripod Airport and the Adventist Mission School Airport . Cars, small boats, quads, and snowmobiles are common local modes of transportation.

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