North Slope · AK
Point Hope
Tikiġaq, one of North America's oldest lived-in places.
- Population
- 830 (2020 census)
- Project Chariot stopped
- 1962
- Incorporated
- 1966
Then
- Ancient times
The Ipiutak live on the point before the modern village.
- 1927
Noel Wien makes the first flight here.
- 1962
Residents help stop Project Chariot, a plan for nuclear blasts nearby.
Now
Whales pass close to the point, and whaling continues.