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Naukati Bay, Alaska
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Naukati Bay, Alaska is a Community of
150 people located 35 miles North of Craig/Klawock, Alaska, 50 miles by
road. Naukati Bay was once a Logging Camp owned by Louisiana Pacific and
later turned over to the State of Alaska from the United States Forest
Service at which time the State of Alaska sold lots to residents to
form the community. Naukati Bay is now a Home Owners Association and is
a 501 C4 Corporation. In 2006 the community voted to become a 2nd Class
City but the vote was rejected and Naukati Bay remains a Home Owners
Association.
In 2002 Naukati Bay needed funds to assist in the community
financial needs and obtained a grant from the State of Alaska and also
with financial help from the United States Forest Service built a
"Oyster Nursery". The Oyster Nursery raises oyster spat (seed) from as
small as 3mm to a marketable 18mm-25mm (1") and sells the larger healthy
oysters to the grow out farms in the area and across Alaska. Naukati
Bay's Oyster
Nursery has been the only successful nursery in Alaska and provides the
oyster farmers with a premium product that gives the farmers a one year
head start to bring their product to market as well as having a
dramatically reduced mortality rate. The Naukati Oyster Nursery provides
our community over $20,000 a year in revenue to be used for everything from
supporting our youth to repairing our roads.
Community meetings are held the second Wednesday of
each month at 7:00 PM at the Naukati School. Each property owner and
resident has a vote on current issues affecting our community. |
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2009 Naukati Bay 4th of July
celebration and annual Skunk Cabbage Festival |
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Eugene Gallous
(right),
Naukati, AK 74-1/2"
Owen Parsley (middle),
Ramona, CA 70-1/2"
Nathan Wilson (left),
Craig, AK 66"
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Steve McCord
(right), Naukati Bay, AK 77"
Julie James (middle),
Naukati Bay, AK 75"
Deano Blake (left)
Craig, AK 75"
Steve's leaf was the largest
ever entered in the Naukati Bay
Skunk Cabbage Festival!!!
WAY TO GO STEVE!
leaves are measured by the length plus the
width of the leaf not including the stem |
2009 Axe Throwing CHAMPS!
1st Julie James(right), Naukati Bay, AK
2nd Cathryn Bower(left), Olympia, WA
1st John Garea(right), Naukati Bay, AK
2nd Hal Rhodes(left), Naukati Bay, AK |
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The photo to the left are the youth winners of the
2007 "Skunk Cabbage Festival" held every year at our Naukati Bay 4th of
July Calibration. Naukati Bay pulls together each year with proceeds
from fund raisers and donation's from businesses and residents for a
simply awesome festival including a Pot Luck, Axe throwing contest,
Chinese auction, Races and "aaaaaa well"....don't forget the "Chicken
Poop Contest". PLUS! we have a "Fire Works Display" that's
absolutely First Class. |
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Axe Throwing |
Chinese auction |

2007 Adult Champs |
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4th of July Parade |
Naukati's Very Own Mrs. Alaska |
Naukati Community Church |
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Naukati Bay
"The Oyster Capital Of Alaska" |
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Sea Otter Sound is rich with plankton and prefect currents to
sustain rapid growth to our shellfish and the local oyster farming
industry. The waters are cold, crystal clear
and pollution free
which makes for a firm perfect quality oyster and rapid growth
rates. Oysters do not molt (go in to a reproductive
cycle) in cold waters, therefore oyster spat or seed is purchased from
specialty hatcheries and raised in our area. The molt cycle in other
areas causes softening of the oyster flesh and an undesirable texture
and taste to oyster connoisseur's, that is why Alaska coastal grown oysters, especially ones
grown on the outside coastal waters, are the oyster of choice. Naukati
and the outside coastal archipelago of Southeast Alaska is rapidly
becoming known as:
"The Oyster Capital of Alaska"
Shipments of oysters from our area are expanding nation wide. Naukati
Bay's
"Flupsy" or oyster nursery has become famous not to mention an industry
model for raising oyster spat from as small as 3 millimeters to 18
millimeters (1") to help supply this rapidly growing industry. Between
the Naukati Oyster nursery and local oyster farmers there are literally
MILLIONS of oysters being raised at the present time and that number is
expected to increase with the addition of new grow out farms in our
area. |
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Naukati
Harbor
Naukati Bay is the access point
for the entire Sea Otter Sound archipelago including the community of
Edna Bay, several lodges, multiple private properties and homes,
logging, fisheries and wildlife management, sportfishing, commercial
fishing, oyster farming operations, mining operations, US Forest Service
management and a multitude of other recreational activities.
Unfortunately, when the State of Alaska was building marinas in
most of its coastal communities during the 1980's the Naukati Bay Waterfront
was encumbered by Louisiana Pacific Logging Company for a log
sort yard, dump and storage facility. Louisiana Pacific management
refused to give up a portion of the waterfront for a marina therefore
denying Naukati Bay a well deserved facility. In 2007 the community of
Naukati Bay using proceeds from the oyster nursery and fund raisers had
three piling driven at the cost of $16,357 and docks will be installed
in the spring of 2008. The new facility will be a long awaited addition
to the community. Donations from mariners using the facility or other
interested parties will be greatly appreciated to assist in further
expansion.
Naukati Bay moves forward with its new Marina and
Load/Launch Ramp thanks to the
State of Alaska DOT and the Denali Commission. Construction is expected
to be complete by September 2013
Click here to
view current plans
(864kb pdf)
Plans include a drive down ramp which will be a long overdue
asset to the community, local industry including our rapidly expanding
oyster industry, residents and businesses of the greater Sea Otter Sound
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Road Maintenance
Naukati Bay received its first new piece of construction
equipment in 2012 with the addition of a Volvo Road Grader shown in the photo
with community grader operator Bob Prefontain grading one of our many roads.
(Bob is driving, that is Snooks supervising).
Naukati Bay is a very mild climate, slightly cooler then Seattle.
However, we can get some good snow falls and icing conditions that can stay with
us for several weeks. Keeping the roads open for both transportation and public
safety is vey important and a community priority. |
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Naukati Bay receives a relic from the past.
The "Steam Donkey" was used in logging operations throughout Southeast
Alaska to "yard" or pull logs from the woods.
This particular Steam Donkey was used in the Sea Otter Sound area in the
1940's-1950's. It was recently restored in
a joint effort by the United States Forest Service and Channel
Construction of Juneau, Alaska and placed on the
Naukati Bay waterfront as a museum piece.
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©Copyright 2007-2008 Naukati Bay/Gregg |
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