Chignik Lagoon, Alaska
Chignik Lagoon is a small community located (as the name implies) on the south side of Chignik Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula. It is only accessible by boat or plane, with a typically short gravel runway. Chignik Lagoon is one of three communities with the name Chignik, it is around the corner from the nearby community of Chignik Bay was one of the communities getting high speed fiberoptic internet service and our company was contracted to monitor the excavation of the trench being dug to lay the cable. I went out there in the summer of 2025 and spent about a week in the community. At the time red salmon were coming in from the ocean and traveling through the lagoon to the Chignik River, so there were thousands of fish that you could see constantly jumping out of the water as they swam through the channel. It was a beautiful place, and like many of the villages on the Alaska Peninsula revolves around commercial fishing.
Cute house with net floats on the deck.
Fishing boat anchored in the Lagoon.
View north toward the Chignik River.
Skiffs on the beach at low tide.
Fishing boat in the Lagoon's chanel.
Crab pots on the beach.
Fishing boat delivering it's catch to a tender.
Sunset over the Lagoon.
Bald Eagle at low tide with dry boat in the background.
Bald Eagle on the beach.
Boat on ground at low tide.
Boats on land at low tide.
Fishing boats delivering their catch.
Boats in the Lagoon at high tide.
Boats anchored at high tide.
Chignik Maid out of the water.
Road down to the Lagoon with lots of Salmonberry plants on either side.
Panoramic view of the village.
Boats anchored as rain clouds come through.
Flying into Chignik Lagoon.