Unalaska

Unalaska Island lies at approximately 53° 52' N Latitude, 166° 32' W Longitude. . The area encompasses 116 sq. miles of land and 99 sq. miles of water and is part of the Aleutian Islands. The People of Unalaska lived in the harshest conditions and paddle in the roughest seas imaginable. This area is home to the baidarka. More than 3,000 Unangas (known since the Russian era as "Aleuts") lived on Unalaska and Amaknak Islands in 1759. Unalaska became a Russian trading port 529 for the seal fur industry in 1768. In 1787, many hunters and their families were enslaved and relocated by the Russian American Company to the Pribilof Islands to work in the fur seal harvest. In 1825, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension of Christ was constructed. Between 1830 and 1840, only 200 to 400 Aleuts lived in Unalaska. In 1880, the Methodist Church opened a school, clinic and the Jesse Lee Home for orphans. On June 3, 1942, Unalaska was attacked by the Japanese. Almost all of the Aleuts on the Island were interned to Southeast Alaska for the duration of the World War II. The Russian Orthodox Church was nearly destroyed by evacuating U.S. Army troops. The Church is the oldest Russian Orthodox cruciform-style church in North America.

Paddle- 0/529

This paddle is based on a paddle in the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Collection number O/ 529. The original paddle was donated to the AMNH in 1894 by Lt. George T. Emmons. Lt. Emmons acquired the paddle in the Unalaska Island region. This Aleutian paddle from Unalaska is shown in Sitka spruce, with hand painted design and a urethane finish

This paddle in Western Red Cedar $125

Specifications- L to order, blade width 11 cm.