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King Cove
 King
Cove is located on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, on a sand
spit fronting Deer Passage and Deer Island. It is 18 miles southeast of
Cold Bay and 625 miles southwest of Anchorage. It lies at approximately
55° 03' N Latitude, 162° 19' W Longitude (Sec. 22, T059S, R086W, Seward
Meridian). The community is located in the Aleutian Islands Recording
District. The area encompasses 3 sq. miles of land and 2 sq. miles of
water.
King Cove was founded in 1911 when
Pacific American Fisheries built a salmon cannery. Early settlers were
Scandinavian, European and Aleut fishermen. Of the first ten founding
families, five consisted of a European father and an Aleut mother. The
cannery operated continuously between 1911and 1976, when it was
partially destroyed by fire. The adoption of the 200-mile fisheries
limit spurred rebuilding. King Cove remains tied to fishing and fish
processing.
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