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The island is considered part of the Aleneva census-designated place in the Kodiak Island Borough. The only permanent residents on Raspberry Island are located at Port Wakefield and Raspberry Island Remote Lodge which operate full service wilderness lodges. Power is provided via hydro power harnessed in nearby creeks.
Location of airport in Alaska. Runways; Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 7,533 2,296 Asphalt ... dropping off tourists at a remote lodge on Raspberry Island.
Port Wakefield suffered badly in the 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami, when Raspberry Island subsided by as much as six feet. This was the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history, and the third most powerful ever measured by seismograph; with a moment magnitude of 9.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ).
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On his next voyage Glotov sailed to Kodiak Island, arriving in 1763. [11] The Russians called the island Kad’yak (Кадьяк), after the Alutiiq word qikertaq. [12] Several other Russians made fur hunting voyages to Kodiak Island in the 1770s. [13] In 1778 the British captain James Cook explored the area and wrote of "Kodiak" in his ...
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Port Lions (Masiqsirraq [3] in Alutiiq) is a city located on Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 194, down from 256 in 2000.