Fri, August 09, 2013
As a follow-up to John Cloe's recent post about the trip to WWII sites in the Aleutians, here's another photo, this one from Ron Inouye. The war memorial on Engineer Hill. Photo: Ron InouyeAccording to Ron: “Only by boat does one appreciate the Aleutians' vast distances, variable weather, and strong currents. Sea and land birds, porpoises, whales, foxes, caribou mysteriously appear. And patience is learned, snuggled in a bay as the bad weather plays out, hour by hour, day by day. And...
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Wed, August 07, 2013
By John CloeTen of us, including six intrepid Alaskans, recently completed the first commercial tour of World War II military sites in the Aleutians, organized by Valor Tours of Sausalito, California. Our goal included determining the feasibility of safely visiting World War II historic sites in remote and difficult to reach places. Our trip was more of an expedition than your normal tour of well-groomed Civil War battlefields.The tour commemorated the 70th anniversary of the ending of the Aleutian Campaign...
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Mon, July 29, 2013
By Anjuli Grantham Diamond X Cannery on the Ugashik River in Bristol Bay.This photo was taken in 1994. The cannery is now totally destroyed.Image courtesy Bob King.Recently, the Alaska Association for Historic Preservation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed Alaskan canneries as endangered historic properties. The NTHP listed Kake Cannery as one of the organization’s 11 Most Endangered properties in the nation, and the AAHP listed both Kake Cannery and Alaska’s historic canneries in general on the list of the...
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Mon, July 22, 2013
By Anjuli Grantham “The oil spill’s impact on the psychosocial environment was as significant as its impact on the physical environment.” —Lawrence Palinkas et al. “Community Patters of Psychiatric Disorders after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill” I was just in 2nd grade when the crude oil from the hull of the Exxon Valdez coated the water and coastline from Prince William Sound down to Kodiak. I remember booms used to contain the spread of oil floating in the sea, shouting...
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Fri, July 19, 2013
By: Gabe Emerson(Note: Visit Emerson's website for much more information about the history of Funter Bay.)Construction of a salmon cannery began at Funter Bay in 1902, but its story starts a few years earlier. In 1899, a Portland businessman by the name of James Thomas “J.T.” Barron organized the Thlinket Packing and Trading Co. His initial cannery locations were Santa Anna and Point Gerard near Wrangell [1]. Salmon packing was a popular investment opportunity at the start of the 20th...
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