Cordova, Alaska

• Business owners want voice in fishery management
  

  While commercial fishermen and industry are having a strong year, some local businesses say losses in the beginning of the season due to fishermen leaving the flats early on for the Sound have hurt the bottom line and more could be done to protect the city's business interests.

• LNG proposal debated before council
  

  Public discussion prior to executive session at a recent special meeting of the Cordova City Council brought new information and pointed criticism from both sides of the debate over AIG Co.

• Acclaimed printmaker visits Cordova
  

  Mazie Van Den Broek begins carving out wood block. Mike and Joan Jackson's warehouse on Eyak Lake is notable for two reasons.

• $21M civic center for Cordova: city hall, museum and a library
  

  Image courtesy of MRV Architects [enlarge] Work is under way on a $21 million civic and cultural center in Cordova, Alaska.

• Hit It and Quit It - Musings on Alaska
  

  A river raft guide in remote Cordova, Alaska, last week told us tourists drifting near the Sheridan Glacier that the city of Anchorage is 15 minutes from Alaska.

• 'Big dig' kicks off community center construction
  

  This model shows how the Cordova Center will be situated on Main Street, next to the Pioneer Igloo.

• Doctor Murdered In Afghanistan Was Determined To Stay
  

  A follow-up to our post from yesterday about eye doctor Tom Little and other aid workers who were murdered in Afghanistan sometime in the past few days: Anonymous / David L. Evans/AP In this undated photo released by David L. Evans, Tom Little, top center in blue shirt with baseball cap, optometrist and team leader with the International Assistance ...

• Living on the Sound and making the most of it
  

  Jon Rush defined the Alaskan spirit during the 25 years that Alaska was his home.

• BP's attitude to Gulf residents who have lost their way of life -- Snap Out Of It
  

  J. Steven Picou peers into the future. The environmental sociologist has spent decades studying the human impact of man-made or technological disasters.

City Description

Cordova English pronunciation: /kɔrˈdoʊvə/ is a small city located near the mouth of the Copper River in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,327. Cordova was founded as a result of the discovery of high grade copper at Kennecott north of Cordova. A group of surveyors from Valdez laid out a town site and Michael James Heney purchased half the land for the terminus of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway after determining that Katalla was a poor harbor. In 1790 the inlet in front of the current Cordova townsite was named Puerto Cordova by Salvador Fidalgo. Heney named the new town Cordova after it, although the inlet was later renamed to Orca Inlet. Heney and his crew held a brief ceremony to organize the town on March 26, 1906. A week later crews arrived to begin work on the railroad. The first lots in the new townsite, which make up the heart of present-day Cordova were sold at auction in May 1908. As the railroad grew so did the town. Eventually schools, businesses, a hospital, and utilities were established. After

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• Valdez-Cordova Census Area
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Million Dollar Bridge
• Mount Eyak
• St. Michael the Archangel Church
• Red Dragon Historic District

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 195.803101141 km squared

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