In 1825, the first Russian Orthodox church was built. Current archaeology projects are finding remnants of that old civilization.
Many were enslaved and moved by the Russians to the Pribilofs to harvest fur seals. These Western Alaska twins share some things: the stormy environment and a dependence on fishing in the Bering Sea.Įarly settlers were Unangan people, now known as Aleuts, who lived in two dozen settlements on the islands. Dutch Harbor - the nation’s top fishing port for more than a decade - is the part of the city on Amaknak Island, which is tied to Unalaska by bridge. Unalaska, population 4,300, is on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Chain, 800 miles from Anchorage.
And even though the areas are adjacent with very little else around them for hundreds of miles, they have their own ZIP codes. Unalaska and Dutch just want to keep that straight. Dutch Harbor is where the big fishing boats dock, where the airplanes land and where the military post was bombed in World War II. When viewing Deadliest Catch we always see the docks and an occasional view of the Russian Orthodox church, so here are a few tidbits about the little city that houses the busiest internationl fishing port in the United States…UNALASKA/DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA Remote Aleutian town is key to Bering Sea fishing By Leon Unruh /
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