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Welcome to Aleutians
East Borough, Alaska
A Proud Part of the Genealogy Trails
Group
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Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and
placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This is a continuation of our original Illinois Trails History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states.
We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. If you have transcribed data that
you would like to have posted on this website, please send it to us.
If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists
This Site is Available for Adoption!
We are looking for a coordinator for this site.... folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are
interested in helping this project be as helpful and useful to researchers as it can be. If you are interested
in joining our group as host of this site, view our Volunteer Page
for further information and contact Kim.
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Facts
Based in Sand Point, the Borough comprises the westernmost portion of the Alaska Peninsula, and a number of Aleutian
islands. There are five incorporated cities and two unincorporated villages within the boundaries of the borough.
It lies at approximately 57.000000° North Latitude and -162.000000° West Longitude . The area encompasses
6,988.1 sq. miles of land and 8,023.5 sq. miles of water. The Borough lies in the maritime climate zone. Temperatures
range from -9 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Annual precipitation is 33 inches and annual snowfall is 52 inches.
History, Culture and Demographics
According to archaeological evidence, the area has been inhabited by the Unanga since the last ice age. Early contact
was with Russian fur traders who sought sea otters in these islands. Whaling, fishing and cannery operations brought
an influx of Scandinavian and European fishermen in the early 1900s. During World War II the area was a strategic
military site for the Aleutian Campaign, and many locals were evacuated to Ketchikan.
The population of the community consists of 38.6% Alaska Native or part Native. The area's rich resources have
cultivated an extremely diverse population of non-Natives, Natives and Asians. The Unanga were called "Aleut"
by Russian traders. "Unangas" speak the western dialect, and "Unangan" speak the eastern dialect.
Communities located within the Borough include: Akutan, Belkofski, Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon,
Pauloff Harbor, Sand Point, and Unga.
[Info from Alaska Division of Community Advocacy]
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