Akhiok, Alaska

Akhiok (Kasukuak[4] in Alutiiq; Russian: Акхиок) is a second-class city in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States.

[5] Akhiok, which does not have a post office, is a rural location in postal code 99615 that belongs to Kodiak.

[5] Akhiok is located at the southern end of Kodiak Island at Alitak Bay.

There is little or no freezing weather, moderate precipitation, and frequent cloud cover and fog.

The community was originally a sea otter hunting settlement, located at Humpy Cove.

The community's Russian Orthodox church, Protection of the Theotokos Chapel, was built around 1900 at the site of an earlier structure.

Residents of nearby Kaguyak relocated to Akhiok after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami destroyed their village.

[9] It was returned as Alitak in 1890 (accounting for the dramatic increase in population, it included the village of Akhiok and those working in the cannery at Olga Bay[10]).

The racial makeup of the city was 2.50% White, 86.25% Native American, 3.75% Asian, and 7.50% from two or more races.

Water is derived from a dam and reservoir on a small stream, is treated and stored.

Akhiok provides a piped gravity water and sewer system that serves all 25 homes in the community.

Auxiliary health care is provided by Akhiok Village Response Team (Clinic 907-836-2230); flight to Kodiak or Anchorage.

Public sector employment and seasonal work provide cash flow in the community.

Salmon, crab, shrimp, clams, ducks, seal, deer, rabbit and bear are utilized.

Since January 2003, each Akhiok shareholder received $200,000 from sales of a $36 million trust fund provided in the Exxon Valdez oil spill settlement.

Kodiak Island Borough map