Time kodiak alaska

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But you're an Arizona girl, you have no business in Alaska that time of year. Send that kid of yours an airplane ticket and tell her to go someplace warm to have that baby, and go there to be with her.

Description

Kodiak Island, "the emerald isle," is the largest island in Alaska, and is second only to Hawaii in the U. Gime National Wildlife Refuge encompasses nearly 1.

It is air miles south of Anchorage, a one-hour flight, and is a 3-hour flight from Seattle. The community is located in the Kodiak Recording District.

The area encompasses 3 sq. The Island has been inhabited for the past 8, years.

Sea otter pelts were the primary incentive for Russian exploration, and a settlement was established at Chiniak Bay, the site of present-day Kodiak. At that time, there were over 6, Sugpiaqs Koniags in the area and the Ti,e was called "Kikhtak. Kodiak became the first capital of Russian Alaska, and Russian colonization had a devastating effect on the local Native population.

By the time Alaska became a U. Territory inthe Koniag region Eskimos had almost disappeared as a viable culture. Alutiiq Russian-Aleut is the present-day Alwska language.

Sea otter fur harvesting was the major commercial enterprise, and eventually led to the near extinction of the species. However, in a fish cannery opened at the Karluk spit. This sparked the development of commercial fishing in the area.

The City of Kodiak was incorporated in Fort Abercrombie was constructed inand later became the first secret radar installation in Alaska. Development continued, and the s brought growth in commercial fisheries and fish processing.

The earthquake and subsequent tidal wave virtually leveled downtown Kodiak. The infrastructure was rebuilt, and byKodiak had become the largest fishing port in the U. The Magnusson Act in extended the U.