Kodiak

Kodiak
/koh"dee ak'/, n.
1. an island in the N Pacific, near the base of the Alaska Peninsula. 100 mi. (160 km) long.
2. See Kodiak bear.

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      city, Kodiak Island, southern Alaska, U.S. It is situated on Chiniak Bay, on the northeastern coast of Kodiak Island. Founded in 1792 by Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov, manager in America for the Northeastern Company (later the Russian-American Company), it was first known as Pavlovsk Gavan, or Paul's Harbor, and was the first capital of Russian Alaska. It replaced Three Saints Bay in commercial importance when it was chosen as the headquarters of the Russian fur-trading companies because of its good harbour. The city suffered severe damage in 1912, when it was blanketed by ash from the eruption of Novarupta Volcano near Mount Katmai, and in 1964, when a series of tsunamis caused by a massive earthquake destroyed much of the city. Before World War II, its economy was based upon cattle raising and herring and salmon fishing. After the war, dairying and the harvesting of shellfish and king crabs also became important economically. It is now one of the largest fishing (commercial fishing) ports in the United States and has many fish-processing plants. Kodiak is the site of one of the few Russian Orthodox seminaries in the United States. Archaeological artifacts are housed in the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository (opened 1995). The city's history is preserved in the Baranov Museum. The U.S. Coast Guard now occupies a site built and operated 1939–71 by the U.S. Navy. Inc. 1940. Pop. (1990) 6,365; (2000) 6,334.

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