Kaguyak Village Site

Kaguyak Village Site
Nearest city Kanatak, Alaska
Area 2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built 1912 (1912)
NRHP Reference # 78000274[1]
Added to NRHP June 23, 1978

The Kaguyak Village Site, designated 49-AFG-4 and AFG-043, is a historic and prehistoric archaeological site on the Pacific coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Katmai National Park and Preserve. It is the site of a Native village which was abandoned after the eruption of Novarupta in 1912. The historic elements of the site include the remains of a Russian Orthodox church and cemetery, as well as a number of frame house remnants and foundations.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Katmai: Building in an Ashen Land, Chapter 3". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-28.


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