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Ekuk
(EE-kuck)
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| Current Population: |
0
(2008 Estimated Population (not Certified))
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| Incorporation Type: |
Unincorporated |
| Borough Located In: |
Unorganized |
| Taxes: |
No taxing authority
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| Coastal Management District: |
Bristol Bay CRSA |
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| Location
and Climate |
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Ekuk is located on the east coast of Nushagak Bay, 17 miles south of Dillingham. It is spread out for about 2 miles along a narrow gravel spit that extends from the Ekuk Bluffs in the shape of a hook. The community
lies at approximately 58.814986° North Latitude
and -158.557684° West Longitude.
(Sec. 12, T016S, R056W, Seward Meridian.)
Ekuk is located in the
Bristol Bay Recording District.
Ekuk is in a climatic transition zone. The primary influence is maritime, although the arctic climate also affects the region. Average summer temperatures range from 37 to 66; winter temperatures range from 4 to 30. Annual precipitation is 20 to 26 inches. Fog and high winds are common during winter months. The Bay is ice-free from June through mid-November. |
Topographic
map of
Ekuk
area
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| History, Culture
and Demographics |
| The word Ekuk means "the last village down," reflecting that Ekuk is the farthest village south on the Nushagak Bay. The village is mentioned in Russian accounts of 1824 and 1828 as Village Ekouk and Seleniye Ikuk. It is thought that Ekuk was a major Eskimo village at one time. Russians employed Natives as guides for their boats as they navigated up Nushagak Bay to the trading post at Aleksandrovsk after 1818. Before the North Alaska Salmon Company opened a cannery at Ekuk in 1903, many residents had moved to the Moravian Mission at Carmel. In addition, numerous canneries sprang up during 1888 and 1889 on the east and west sides of the bay, which drew many residents away from the village. Ekuk had a school from 1958 to 1974. Today, the cannery watchman's family are the only year-round residents. In the summer, the village comes alive with cannery crews, commercial fishing and subsistence activities.
A federally-recognized tribe is located in the community -- the Native Village of Ekuk.
The population of the community consists of 0%
Alaska Native or part Native.
Historically an Yup'ik Eskimo village, Ekuk is now used only as a summer commercial cannery and subsistence-use site. Many families have set net sites in Ekuk.
During the 2000 U.S. Census,
total housing units numbered 73, and vacant housing units numbered 72.
Vacant housing units used
only seasonally numbered 72.
U.S. Census data for Year
2000 showed 2 residents
as employed. The unemployment rate at that time was
0 percent,
although
50 percent of
all adults were not in the work force. The median household
income was $51,250, per capita income was $25,000, and
0 percent of residents
were living below the poverty level.
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| Facilities,
Utilities, Schools and Health Care |
| As a seasonally-used area, there are no central facilities. One resident has a well. A central electric system is not available. Ward's Cannery operates its own water and sewer system and electrical generator. Their water is drawn from a lake east of the village.
Electricity is provided by Individual Generators.
There are no state operated schools located in the community.
Local hospitals or health clinics include Clark's Point Health Clinic (236-1232).
Auxiliary health care is provided by Clark's Point Clinic.
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| Economy
and Transportation |
The Wards Cove Packing Co. closed in 2002. During its peak, it employed 200 workers each summer, providing a market for about 80 commercial fishing boats and over 160 beach set net sites.
Air transport is the most frequent means of getting to Ekuk. Choggiung Limited owns a 1,200' long by 40' wide dirt/gravel airstrip. Scheduled and charter flights are available from Dillingham during the summer months. The village has a small dock on the south side. Other private docks are in use. The cannery has two docks and a boat haul-out. Clark's Point, two miles north, can be reached by snowmachine during winter. |
Organizations
with Local Offices
Village Council -
Native Village of Ekuk
P.O. Box 530
Dillingham, AK 99576
Phone 907-842-3842
Fax 907-842-3843
E-mail eva@ekukvc.net or helen@ekukvc.net
Web http://www.bbna.com
Regional
Organizations
Regional Native Corporation - Bristol Bay Native Corporation
111 W 16th Ave, Suite 400
Anchorage, AK 99501-6299
Phone 907-278-3602
Fax 907-276-3924
E-mail jasonmetrokin@bbnc.net
Web http://www.bbnc.net
Regional Native Non-Profit - Bristol Bay Native Association
P.O. Box 310
Dillingham, AK 99576
Phone 907-842-5257
Fax 907-842-5932
E-mail randersen@bbna.com, vbraswell@bbna.com
Web http://www.bbna.com
Native Housing Authority - Bristol Bay Housing Authority
P.O. Box 50
Dillingham, AK 99576
Phone 907-842-5956
Fax 907-842-2784
E-mail dmcclure@bbha.org
Web http://www.bbha.org
CDQ Group - Bristol Bay Econ. Dev. Corp.
P.O. Box 1464
Dillingham, AK 99576-1464
Phone 907-842-4370
Fax 907-842-4336
E-mail sockeye1@nushtel.net
Web http://www.bbedc.com
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