Anchor Point
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Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce
History:
Tenaina Indians, a branch of the Athabascan tribe, were the early inhabitants of the Anchor River valley and the beaches of the Cook Inlet, into which Anchor River empties.
In the summer of 1778 Captain James Cook and the crews of the Resolution and the Discovery sailed into the Cook Inlet looking for the Northwest Passage. Anchor Point was given its name after Captain Cook lost a large kedge anchor to the powerful tide currents.
During the spring of 1896 gold fever brought a group of men and one remarkable woman to the beach south of the Point to sluice and pan for the fine beach gold brought in by the tides.
A hardy group of missionaries and homesteaders arrived during the post-war era beginning in 1945, planting crops, raising livestock and building homes and schools.
Many of those early settlers, and their growing families, continue to live in the area and enjoy the beauty and bounty that attracted the native families centuries earlier.
Tenaina Indians, a branch of the Athabascan tribe, were the early inhabitants of the Anchor River valley and the beaches of the Cook Inlet, into which Anchor River empties.
In the summer of 1778 Captain James Cook and the crews of the Resolution and the Discovery sailed into the Cook Inlet looking for the Northwest Passage. Anchor Point was given its name after Captain Cook lost a large kedge anchor to the powerful tide currents.
During the spring of 1896 gold fever brought a group of men and one remarkable woman to the beach south of the Point to sluice and pan for the fine beach gold brought in by the tides.
A hardy group of missionaries and homesteaders arrived during the post-war era beginning in 1945, planting crops, raising livestock and building homes and schools.
Many of those early settlers, and their growing families, continue to live in the area and enjoy the beauty and bounty that attracted the native families centuries earlier.