Chignik Bay
Chignik Bay is a small community located on the North Pacific side of the Alaska Peninsula. It is only accessible by boat or plane, with a typically short gravel runway. It is nestled along the bay, surrounded by mountains, with some beautiful waterfalls as a backdrop. 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 for a couple of days with my son Aiden to help with the start of the project. We were lucky enough to have a couple beautiful days where we walked around the town and my son got to try trout fishing for the first time, and caught his dinner!
Typical Alaskan village gravel runway.
Boat Harbor.
Salmon nets for purse seining.
Pots.
Panoramic of small bay.
My son skipping rocks.
Old pier remains.
Aiden watching the water from the bridge.
Panoramic of small bay.
Waterfall backdrop behind town.
Fishing boat in Chignik Bay.
Waterfall backdrop.
Lots of Bald Eagles around town.
Cannery pier.
Fog over Chignik Bay with Alaska Range in the background.
View of town.
Flying Bald Eagle.
Waterfall behind town.
International Airport Terminal.
Aiden by a large anchor at the cannery.
Lots of waterfalls behind town.
Drone image of town.