Larsen Bay

On the western side of Kodiak Island, the sheltered waters of Uyak Bay reach deep into a coast of mountains and inlets. Alutiiq families have lived at Uyaqsaq, the place later called Larsen Bay, for thousands of years. An ancestral village stood beside the bay, leaving behind the remains of houses and tools in a great accumulation of settlement debris. The surrounding waters formed part of a maritime homeland shared with neighbouring communities around Kodiak.