Cook Inlet · AK
Kenai
A Russian fort town on the world's best king salmon river.
- Population
- 7,424 (2020 census)
- Russian fort
- 1786
- Oil found
- 1957
Then
- 1786
Russians build Fort Nicholas near the Dena'ina village of Shk'ituk't.
- 1869
The US Army sets up Fort Kenay.
- 1957
Oil is found at Swanson River, Alaska's first major strike.
- 1985
A world-record 97-pound king salmon comes out of the Kenai River.
Now
Each July the dipnet fishery at the river mouth draws over ten thousand people.
6 tide stations around Kenai
- Kenai River entrance0.9 mi
- Kenai City Pier1.5 mi
- Chinulna Point, Cook Inlet3.6 mi
- Nikiski10.1 mi
- East Foreland12.4 mi
- Cape Kasilof15.6 mi