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Nonetheless, Fire Island was the site of Dena’ina fish camps from 1918 until the 1970s. [3] From 1909 to 1955, the island was designated as a breeding ground for Alaska moose. During World War II, the U.S. Army used it as an observation point to guard against Japanese submarines. [4] Fire Island Air Force Station
Near Doniphan, NE: Active: 1945–Present. Camp Augustine is a 160-acre camp along the banks of the Platte River between Grand Island and Doniphan, Nebraska [54] Camp Butterfield: Mid-America Council: Near Orchard, NE: Closed: Camp Butterfield was located 13 miles north of Orchard, Nebraska and composed 160 acres of rolling sandhills [55] Camp ...
Alaska Fort Davis, Alaska; Port of Whittier, Alaska; Alabama Fort McClellan; Brookley Field; Arizona Camp Bouse [1] Arkansas Fort Logan H. Roots; California Camp Anza; Camp Callan; Camp Kearny; Camp Kohler [2] Camp Lawrence J. Hearn; Camp Lockett; Fort Humboldt; Fort MacArthur; Fort Mason; Camp McQuaide; Camp Santa Anita; Camp Seeley; Camp ...
Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
Thorne Bay originally began as a large logging camp for the Ketchikan Pulp Company in 1960 that was originally located in Hollis. Being a floating camp at the time, most Hollis residents resided in float houses. In the 1960s and 1970s it was the largest logging camp in North America and was host to over 1500 residents at its peak. It became a ...
Commercial fishermen in Alaska, early 20th century. Alaska's commercial fishermen work in one of the world's harshest environments. They endure isolated fishing grounds, high winds, seasonal darkness, very cold water, icing, freezing cold temperatures, days upon days away from family, and short fishing seasons, where very long work days are the norm.
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Beginning in the 1950s, Unalaska became a center of the Alaskan king crab fishing industry; by 1978 it was the largest fishing port in the United States. A 1982 crash in king crab harvests decimated the industry, and the mid-1980s saw a transition to bottom fishing. [14] On October 25, 1977, an extremely intense extratropical system struck the ...