Vessels registered with the U.S. Coast Guard can be easily searched at http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html. Information provided includes hailing port, current and previous owners, previous vessel names, length, width and USCG number. (Similar to Aircraft Ownership)
Bell’s Flats
Bell’s Flats is a common name for the community of residents and a few businesses in the Womens Bay census designated place about 10 miles from the City of Kodiak on Kodiak Island. About 720 people live in Bell’s Flats. The name does have an apostrophe. (See Womens Bay)
Afognak
Afognak Island is the second-largest island in the Kodiak archipelago located to the north of Kodiak Island. Afognak was also the name of a village located on the southern tip of Afognak Island that was wiped out by the tsunami after the 1964 earthquake. The villagers relocated to a new […]
Kodiaker
Improper terms to refer to residents of Kodiak. Use Kodiak residents, Kodiak citizens and Kodiakans.
Alaska/Alaskan
An Alaskan is a person. When used as an adjective, almost never use Alaskan. Example: Six Alaskans traveled to Montana for the race. Six Alaska mushers traveled to Montana for the race.
Aircraft ownership
If you have the registration number of a plane (all NTSB reports list this … it’s the number that starts with an ‘N’), you can find the name and address of the plane’s owner plus vitals about the plane itself. It’s on the Internet at www.landings.com. Scroll down to Aviation […]
AWARE
Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies Juneau ’s battered women and children’s shelter and counseling center. Serves other Southeast communities. www.juneau.com/aware/
AARP
An organization of people 50 and older. No longer the American Association of Retired Persons, just AARP. www.aarp.org/states/ak/
Kodiak Island Borough
The Kodiak Island Borough encompasses the entire Kodiak archipelago from the Barren Islands in the north to Chirikof and Chowiet islands in the south. Additionally, a strip of land approximately 180 miles long on the southern side of the Alaska Peninsula across from the Kodiak archipelago is part of the […]
Fred Zharoff Memorial Bridge
In Kodiak. Named for a late, former Kodiak legislator. Also called the Near Island Bridge. Either is acceptable.