Killisnoo, Alaska
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History
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Killisnoo Island has long been inhabited by Tlingit people. In the late 1800s, the North West Trading Company built a fish processing plant at Killisnoo and many Tlingit moved from nearby Angoon and other areas to Killisnoo to work at the plant. The plant was destroyed in a fire in 1928 and most of the residents left Killisnoo.
The St. Andrew Church in Killisnoo was destroyed by fire in 1927, and the congregation built a new church called St. John the Baptist church in Angoon.[2]
Like nearby Angoon, Killisnoo receives less rain than most of southeastern Alaska. Whaler's Cove Lodge is an active hunting and fishing lodge located on Killisnoo.
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
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| 1890 | 79 | — | |
| 1900 | 172 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1910 | 351 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1920 | 256 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1930 | 3 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1940 | 26 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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Killisnoo first appeared on the 1890 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village of 79 residents. Although it was considered to be a Tlingit village, Whites outnumbered Tlingits by 44 to 33, with 2 Asians.[4] It continued to appear until 1940, when most of the residents left. It was later annexed into the neighboring city of Angoon.
References
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External links and further reading
- A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country: Vincent Soboleff in Alaska Template:Webarchive by Sergei Kan, University of Oklahoma Press 2013, hardcover, 271 pages, 137 black and white photographs of people and scenes in Killisnoo and southeastern Alaska taken circa 1910, Template:ISBN
- "A Russian-American Photographing Native Alaska" illustrated review by Maurice Berger in the photography blog "Lens" in The New York Times July 17, 2013
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