It was named Ozero Glubokoye, meaning "deep lake", in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasilyev.

[6] Salmon traps were set in the lake and the catch was salted and dried at Ozersk Redoubt.

Between 1817 and 1832 the Russians at Sitka and Ozersk Redoubt salted an average of 20,000 salmon annually.

[7] Fish harvests by the Russians at Redoubt Lake sometimes exceeded 50,000 sockeye salmon per year.

In the 1980s, sockeye escapement or returns of adult fish had declined to an average less than 10,000 annually.