Unalakleet’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Unalakleet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Unalakleet is an adaptation of the Iñupiaq word "Una-la-thliq", which means "from the southern side".
Unalakleet is located at the Norton Sound end of the Unalakleet-Kaltag Portage, an important winter travel route between Norton Sound and the Yukon River. Unalakleet has long been a major trade center between the Athabascan people, who lived in the interior of Alaska, and the Inupiat, who lived on the coast.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Unalakleet’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Unalakleet’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChuck Degnan, 1973: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Unalakleet
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Unalakleet, decade by decade
1 historic place in Unalakleet
1 place in Unalakleet is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Chuck Degnan (1973) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.