Woody Island

Woody Island (Russian: Остров Вуд, originally Лесной остров) is located in Chiniak Bay, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) east of Kodiak, Alaska. It was originally settled by the Alutiiq, an Alaska Native people, who called themselves Tangirnarmiut, "the people of Tangirnaq." They inhabited and used Woody Island for thousands of years. The Russians called the island Ostrov Leisnoi and established an agricultural colony there in 1792. The U.S. Post Office was officially designated Wood Island in 1894, and it was the primary coastal settlement for commerce and trade for many years. The first road in Alaska was built on Woody Island. The island has also undergone four periods of occupation by non-Native people, and is largely unoccupied today. The island is approximately 2.8 miles long from north to south and 1.8 miles wide and 13 miles in circumference. The Woody Island Historic Archeological District, comprising sites of archaeological importance on the island was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The island is part of the homelands of the Tangirnaq Native Village, a federally recognized tribe of Alutiiq.

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