Perryville (Alutiiq: Perry-q) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

[4] Mount Katmai erupted on June 6, 1912, permanently displacing many local native people.

One month after the eruption, 78 of the Katmai refugees boarded the U.S. revenue cutter Manning to return to the Alaska Peninsula and establish a new village.

After a failed first village site selection, the natives were relocated yet again to a spot 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Mt.

[6] It sits on the south shore of the Alaska Peninsula at the mouth of the Kametolook River and faces the Chiachi Islands about 2 miles (3 km) out in the Pacific Ocean.

[4] Perryville first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village (also listed under the alternative name of Chignik Post Office).