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Chevak is a city on the north bank of the Niglikfak River in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 765. Chevak is a traditional Cup'ik Eskimo village, relying on commercial fishing and subsistence hunting.
Chevak is also known as New Chevak because residents inhabited another village called Chevak before 1950. "Old" Chevak, on the north bank of the Keoklevik River, 9 miles east of Hooper Bay, was abandoned because of flooding from high storm tides. The new site was first reported by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1948. A post office was established in 1951. The City government was incorporated in 1967.
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Chevak is also known as New Chevak because residents inhabited another village called Chevak before 1950. "Old" Chevak, on the north bank of the Keoklevik River, 9 miles east of Hooper Bay, was abandoned because of flooding from high storm tides. The new site was first reported by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1948. A post office was established in 1951. The City government was incorporated in 1967.
Info: www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_N...
Photos: www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/photos/comm_photos.cfm?com...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevak,_Alaska
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Coordinates: 61°32'7"N 165°35'38"W
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