Pacific Coast Tour #19: Pedro Bay
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:55 pm[center]continued from part 18
Continuing my flight towards Anchorage ...
After flying over Augustine Island I headed 30 miles northwest, towards Lake Iliamna in some gorgeous typical Alaskan weather.
Lake Iliamna is the largest lake in Alaska and one of the largest in North America (75 x 22 miles) and covering about 1000 square miles.
The lake is famous for its sport fishing. Trout, salmon and grayling are fishermen main targets. Lake Iliamna also has one of only two
populations of freshwater seals in the world. Although the exact origin of the name of the lake is obscure, some claim the word Iliamna is
said to be the name of a mythical huge blackfish which bit holes in the boats on the lake. However, the name is most certainly Athabascan
in origin and probably refers to the large size of the lake, not to any specific legend. Local residents have a number of stories of the
possibilities of monsters residing in Iliamna Lake, much like the rumored Monster of Loch Ness.
While the weather is not getting any better: looking out of the cockpit towards Lonesome Bay, the most eastern point of Lake Iliamna.
On the northeast bank of the lake, at the head of Pedro Bay you can find the town of Pedro Bay, with hardly more than 50 inhabitants.
The village was originally settled by Samuel Foss during the early 1920's when he decided that instead of moving from Pedro Bay
(where he maintained a fish camp) back to Iliamna Village (where his family resided), he would just relocate there permanently. The only
known resident, prior to Sam
Continuing my flight towards Anchorage ...
After flying over Augustine Island I headed 30 miles northwest, towards Lake Iliamna in some gorgeous typical Alaskan weather.
Lake Iliamna is the largest lake in Alaska and one of the largest in North America (75 x 22 miles) and covering about 1000 square miles.
The lake is famous for its sport fishing. Trout, salmon and grayling are fishermen main targets. Lake Iliamna also has one of only two
populations of freshwater seals in the world. Although the exact origin of the name of the lake is obscure, some claim the word Iliamna is
said to be the name of a mythical huge blackfish which bit holes in the boats on the lake. However, the name is most certainly Athabascan
in origin and probably refers to the large size of the lake, not to any specific legend. Local residents have a number of stories of the
possibilities of monsters residing in Iliamna Lake, much like the rumored Monster of Loch Ness.
While the weather is not getting any better: looking out of the cockpit towards Lonesome Bay, the most eastern point of Lake Iliamna.
On the northeast bank of the lake, at the head of Pedro Bay you can find the town of Pedro Bay, with hardly more than 50 inhabitants.
The village was originally settled by Samuel Foss during the early 1920's when he decided that instead of moving from Pedro Bay
(where he maintained a fish camp) back to Iliamna Village (where his family resided), he would just relocate there permanently. The only
known resident, prior to Sam
