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Welcome to the Native Village of Chignik Lagoon! Chignik Lagoon is a very remote Native village located 400 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula.  Chignik Lagoon is one of the three separate Chignik villages.  The other two surrounding villages are Chignik Bay, and Chignik Lake.  Chignik Lagoon is in the middle of the three villages.  The other two are about 15 miles away.  Chignik Lagoon took its name from its location and proximity to Chignik, the Aleut word for "big wind." The Chignik area was originally populated by Kanaigmuit Eskimos. After the Russian occupation, the intermarriage of the Kaniags and Aleuts produced the Koniags.  The people of this era were sea-dependent, living on otter, sea lion, porpoise, and whale. During the Russian fur boom from 1767 to 1783, the sea otter population was decimated. This, in addition to disease and warfare, reduced the Native population to less than half its former size. Within 20 years after Alaska was purchased from Russia, Chignik salmon became prized.  The commercial salmon canning industry began in Chignik Lagoon, and thereby introducing European immigrants into the area. The area now has 4th generation Scandinavian and European Russian Aleut mix.  Castle Cape Village of Chignik Lagoon Currently, there are no roads that connect any of the villages.  Access to all three villages is by water or air transportation.  Chignik Bay has service from the Alaska Marine Highway System 6 times a year with once a month service from spring through the fall. Brown's Point Today, Chignik Lagoon has a population of about 70 year-round residents.  While a cannery no longer exists in Chignik Lagoon, the local economy is still largely based on commercial fishing.  Three main fisheries exist in the area, which include Pacific Cod, Halibut and Salmon.

  Chignik Lagoon Village Council Mission: To provide quality services that will contribute and enhance the health and well-being of the community and its members.  In addition to representing  the village in all its endeavors and to advocate for the collective good of the people of Chignik Lagoon, promoting self-determination and self-sufficiency with the added interest of preserving the unique cultural and subsistence lifestyle.