Chenega Bay

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Chenega Bay is a small coastal community in Alaska, traditionally inhabited by the Alutiiq people and known for its fishing, subsistence lifestyle, and history of relocation after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and tsunami.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chenega Bay canonical 1
Chenega Bay, Alaska 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
community ⓘ
village ⓘ
affectedBy 1964 Alaska tsunami ⓘ
1964 Good Friday earthquake ⓘ
coast Prince William Sound ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup Alutiiq people ⓘ
linked to: Sugpiaq people
hasCulturalHeritage Alutiiq traditions ⓘ
Sugpiaq traditions ⓘ
hasEconomicBase fisheries ⓘ
marine resources ⓘ
hasHistory post-1964 relocation to a new site ⓘ
pre-contact Alutiiq settlement ⓘ
hasLifestyle subsistence-based ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
subsistence gathering ⓘ
subsistence hunting ⓘ
hasRelocated yes ⓘ
indigenousCommunity yes ⓘ
isCoastalSettlement true ⓘ
knownFor Alutiiq culture ⓘ
linked to: Alutiiq

fishing ⓘ
relocation after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake ⓘ
relocation after the 1964 tsunami ⓘ
subsistence lifestyle ⓘ
languageTraditionallySpoken Alutiiq language ⓘ
linked to: Alutiiq

English ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Chugach Census Area ⓘ
Prince William Sound ⓘ
south-central Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn coastline of Prince William Sound ⓘ
partOf Chugach region ⓘ
linked to: Southcentral Alaska

Prince William Sound communities ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
relocationReason destruction by 1964 earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
traditionalInhabitants Alutiiq people ⓘ
linked to: Sugpiaq people

Sugpiaq people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M/V Chenega → namedAfter → Chenega Bay ⓘ
Valdez–Cordova Census Area → contains → Chenega Bay, Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Chenega Bay