Alaska Peninsula · AK

King Cove

A cannery town still fighting for a road to Cold Bay.

Population
757 (2020 census)
Incorporated
1949

Then

  1. 1912

    A cannery ship is working at King Cove.

  2. 1949

    King Cove incorporates on September 9.

  3. 2018

    A land swap for a road through Izembek refuge is signed, then blocked in court.

  4. 2024

    Peter Pan Seafoods shuts its plant.

Now

Fishing and processing are nearly the whole economy. This place covers Pavlof Bay and the Sanak Islands.

10 tide stations around King Cove

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