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| Keywords: Looking back from ship to Chignik and hills, ca 1912 (THWAITES 109).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Chignik Alaska PH Coll 247 36<br/>The City of Chignik is located on Anchorage Bay on south shore of the Alaska Peninsula 450 miles southwest of Anchorage and 260 miles southwest of Kodiak Prior to Chignik a Kaniagmuit Native village called Kaluak was located here; it was destroyed during the Russian fur boom in the late 1700s Chignik a Sugpiaq word meaning big wind was established in the late 1800s as a fishing village and cannery A four-masted sailing ship called the Star of Alaska transported workers and supplies between Chignik and San Francisco Chinese crews from San Francisco traveled to Chignik in early spring to make tin cans for the cannery Japanese workers followed in mid-June to begin processing A post office was established in 1901 Coal mining occurred from 1899 to 1915 Chignik became an incorporated City in 1983 Today two historical canneries are still in operation Subjects LCTGM Chignik Alaska ; Anchorage Bay Alaska ; Cities towns--Alaska; Bays Bodies of water --Alaska depicted place Chignik Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 109 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW019 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Chignik Alaska Bays | ||||
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