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Squaw Harbor

A vanished town in Aleutians East County, Alaska.

Survey record — verification pendingFILED: AK

Squaw Harbor

Aleutians East County, Alaska

records pending
Classification
Vanished town (federal archive)
Coordinates
55.2433° N, 160.5533° W

What the record shows

The federal survey describes the site: On E cost of Unga Island, on N shore of Baralof Bay, in Shumagin Islands, Aleutian Range.

Squaw Harborappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.

Before you visit

Unverified sites may sit on private land, and coordinates from historical records can be imprecise. Verify land status and access before traveling. Take photographs, leave nails — removing artifacts from federal land is a crime.

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From the field

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