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Katmai

Katmai

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 125 ft (38.1 m)
About

site of a village near Katmai Bay, on S ocast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument 16 mi. S of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History of Katmai

This once important Eskimo village was reported by von Krusenstern (1827, map 17), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Katmay." The 10th Census in 1880 lists a population of 218; 11th Census in 1890 lists 132. Katmai was abondoned following the 1912 eruption of Mount Katmai and the people were resettled in Perryville, near Mitrofania Bay.