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Kukak Bay Cannery

Coordinates: 58°19′4″N 154°11′11″W / 58.31778°N 154.18639°W / 58.31778; -154.18639
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Kukak Cannery Archeological Historic District
An overgrown boardwalk at the cannery site
Kukak Bay Cannery is located in Alaska
Kukak Bay Cannery
LocationKatmai National Park and Preserve, Kukak Bay, Alaska
Coordinates58°19′4″N 154°11′11″W / 58.31778°N 154.18639°W / 58.31778; -154.18639
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1923 (1923)
NRHP reference No.03000192[1]
Added to NRHPApril 7, 2003

The Kukak Bay Cannery was a commercial razor clam canning operation on the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The cannery operated intermittently from 1922 to 1951, with its most active years before 1936, when most of its complex was destroyed by fire.

Siliqua patula, the Pacific razor clam

The remains of the cannery are located on the shores of Kukak Bay, an inlet providing some shelter from the harsh weather of the area.

The cannery property formally became part of Katmai National Park and Preserve in 1931, and was designated an archaeological historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It is monitored regularly by park rangers, but is deteriorating due to the weather.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Kukak Cannery Archeological Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-21.