Port Clarence, AK LORAN Coast Guard Station

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The 1893 U.S. Census listed a collective village at this site with a population of 485, of which 236 were native and 249 were foreign. Their descendants are the residents of nearby Brevig Mission, Teller, and Wales. Port Clarence was a Coast Guard LORAN station. A private 4,500' lighted paved runway is owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard in Port Clarence.

All U.S. LORAN-C signals were terminated on 08 February 2010.

Info: www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_N...

www.uscg.mil/d17/loranportclarence/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Clarence,_Alaska
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Coordinates:   65°15'27"N   166°51'7"W
This article was last modified 14 years ago