Craig, Alaska

• First tsunami waves reach Canada, southeast Alaska
  

  Updated 4 p.m. 2/27/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The waves from the tsunami racing across the Pacific Ocean after the earthquake in Chile are starting to reach British Columbia and southeast Alaska.

• Court Rejects Religious Pot Argument
  

  An Alaska couple's claims that 50 marijuana plants growing in their home were for religious cleansing were rejected by appeals court judges.

• Mobile mammogram van visits POW on Sept. 23 to Oct. 14
  

  The mobile mammogram van will visit the Prince of Wales Island communities of Klawock and Craig from Sept.

• Federal funds help clear Alaska beaches of marine debris
  

  Kathy Peavey of Craig has long enjoyed beachcombing, especially for the beautiful Japanese glass floats that show up on Alaska shores via ocean currents, winds and waves.

City Description

Craig is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the Unorganized Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 1,397 at the 2000 census. Craig the largest town on Prince of Wales Island, the third largest island in the USA. Craig is approximately 56 miles (90 km) by air northwest of Ketchikan and 220 miles (350 km) south of Juneau. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 square miles (24.3 km²), of which, 6.7 square miles (17.3 km²) of it is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km²) of it (28.94%) is water. Originally, Craig's townsite was a temporary fishing camp, used for gathering herring eggs. Craig was named after Craig Miller (also spelled Millar) who established a fish saltery on nearby Fish Egg Island in 1907 with the assistance of the local Haida natives who moved onto Prince of Wales Island, being driven from Haida Gwaii (British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands) starting in the 1700s. Craig Miller constructed a cold storage plant and packing company at the present site of Craig, and in 1922 was instrumental in the incorporation of the city (originally as an Alaska second-class city within the Alaska

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• United States of America
• Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
• Unorganized Borough
• Principal meridians of Alaska

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 24.3458882372 km squared

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