Ugashik, Alaska

Ugashik (Ugaasaq[4] in Sugpiaq) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

The CDP extends east as far as the west shores of Lower and Upper Ugashik Lakes.

A family-owned company, Briggs Way Cannery, opened in 1962, and runs to this day.

It is currently known as Ugashik Wild Salmon Co. and is continued on by the second generation of family and fishermen.

Ugashik first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated Aleut village of "Oogashik.

[10] It returned in 1890 under the present spelling of Ugashik and also included 2 native settlements and Bering Sea Packing Company.

It was designated an Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) in 1980.

Lake and Peninsula Borough map