Chenega Harbour

Name: Chenega Harbour
Address: Chenega, US

1.4Chenega, United StatesPrince William Sound and Kenai

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Type: Harbour

Small community harbour on the east shore of Evans Island in Crab Bay, southwest Prince William Sound, about 67 NM south-east of Whittier.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from Knight Island Passage through Dangerous Passage and into Crab Bay. Holding ground is generally good but williwaws sweep down off the Chugach surrounding the bay. No buoyed channel, work in on chart soundings and contact the village on VHF 16.

Practical

Combined boat and floatplane dock built by the Chenega Corporation and IRA Council, plus a state ferry berth used by the Alaska Marine Highway. No fuel berth for transients and no chandlery. Drinking water and a medical clinic in the village above the dock.

History

The original village of Chenega on Chenega Island was destroyed by the tsunami of 27 March 1964 following the magnitude 9.2 earthquake, with a third of the population lost. Survivors were dispersed for two decades. In 1984 they established a new village on the higher ground above Crab Bay on Evans Island. In 1989, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the quake, the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound and oiled the beaches of Evans Island.