Ouzinkie, Alaska
Population: 225 (Census 2000)
Distance from Kodiak: 11 air miles
Ouzinkie is located on the southwest
shore of Spruce Island. It is characterized by swampy areas, volcanic and
sedimentary rock and an abundance of tall spruce trees. Ouzinkie was
founded in the early 1800s by the Russian American Company as a retirement
community. The Church of the Nativity, built in 1898, is tucked in a cove
of spruce trees. Ouzinkie was home to St. Herman, the first canonized
Russian Orthodox saint in North America. St. Herman's chapel is located at
Monks Lagoon and can be explored with the local Russian Orthodox Church
reader who explains the history of the holy sites and old grave stones.
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