A stern and rock-bound coast - Historic resource study
Cook L and Norris F. 1998. A stern and rock-bound coast - Historic resource study. Historic Resource Study
A perception of wilderness is easily acquired at Kenai Fjords National Park, located on the Gulf of Alaska in south central Alaska. This historic resource study challenges the long-held view that the coast has been uninhabited throughout most of the historic period-that is has been nothing more than a forsaken wilderness. The piecing together of the history of a place called Kenai Fjords drew on a wide range of peripheral sources. Most of the preliminary research concentrated on efforts to locate descriptive material on village and land use sites in order to document evidence of human activity along the coast. These few early sites acted as a thread through which to string together the development of related Russian and American enterprise, including shipping, hunting, commerce, fox farming, fishing, mining and the business of war. Historic contexts evolved from this research, and historic properties were identified as eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cook, Linda; Norris, Frank
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Units
- HIST , KEFJ
- Keywords
- Alaska, Coal Mining, Coast, Cultural Resources, Economics, ehistory, European exploration, Fishing, Fjords, Fox farming, Fur trading, Glaciers, Gold, History, Infrastructure, Kenai Fjords, Kenai Peninsula, Military, Mining, oil exploration, Recreation, Russian Orthodox, Russian Settlement, Salmon Fishing, Sea Lion Harvesting, Seal Harvesting, shellfish harvesting, Tourism, World War II, Yalik Bay