North Slope · AK
Wainwright
A whaling village on the Chukchi coast.
- Population
- 628 (2020 census)
- Village founded
- 1904
Then
- 1826
The lagoon is named for Lt. John Wainwright. The Iñupiat call it Ulġuniq.
- 1904
A school founds the present village.
- 1962
Wainwright incorporates.
Now
Bowhead whaling continues here, as it always has.