Welcome To Akutan

Akutan is one of the Krenitzin Islands of the Fox Island group in the eastern Aleutians. It is 35 miles east of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, and 766 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Akutan is a fishing community, and the site of a traditional Unangan (Aleut) village. Less than 100 people are year-round residents; the majority of the population are transient fish processing workers from Trident. There are 38 houses here, and 50% of the population lives below poverty level. There are no roads, only a boardwalk system, as in most bush villages.