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Afognak

[ uh-fawg-nak, uh-fog- ]

noun

  1. an island off southern Alaska, in the Gulf of Alaska, N of Kodiak Island. 721 sq. mi. (1,867 sq. km).


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The village of Afognak is located at the southwestern end of Litnik Bay.

On our steamer was an unmarried lady who was going to Afognak as a missionary.

Passing to the left of Afognak Island, we entered the harbor at Kodiak.

The white men of Afognak are nearly all Scandinavians, married to, or living with, native women.

Leaving Kodiak, the steamer soon reaches Afognak, on the island of the same name.

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