Sand Point, Alaska
Sand Point is a beautiful community on Popof Island, home to approximately 1,000 people. It was always closely related to my hometown of King Cove, the villages are like siblings, with specific differences, but also many similarities. Similar to King Cove, commercial fishing is the dominant industry. Sand Point is within the Shumagin Island group, with many of the people living there today originating from nearby communities of Unga and Sanak Islands. Sand Point was chosen as one of the communities to receive fiber optic internet services, and Area M Consulting was contracted to do the cultural monitoring.
Boat heading out from the Sand Point Harbor.
View looking down on the boat harbor and Trident cannery.
Boat heading north, the mountains of the Alaska Peninsula in the background.
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Sand Point.
Run down skiff along riverbank.,
Cemetery with Alaska range in background.
Looking south at historic dock with Unga Island in the mid-ground and Pavlof Volcano in distance.
Lots of techtonic action in the region means earthquakes and tsunamis.
Sand Point harbor with the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry docked.
View of houses, with Unga and the Alaska Peninsula in the distance.
Sand Point low tide.
Driveway adornment with Buffalo skull.
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Sand Point.
Low tide with ferry docked.
Panoramic view of ferry heading north.
View of Pavlof Volcano from Sand Point.