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The calm waters at Sandy Beach reflected the morning sunrise....
September 3, 1920 W. A. Altman, locating engineer for the Butler Paper Co. of Chicago, was in Petersburg for several days this week investigating water power sites and paper mill locations. Mr. Altman made several side trips from Petersburg and investigated from every angle. He did say that the Thomas Bay site was one of the best he had seen in southeastern Alaska. August 31, 1945 Miss Myrtle Cornelius, owner of Cornelius Mercantile Company returned from Seattle via Ketchikan. She was in Seattle when the word came that the war had ended and...
Three Alaska Marine Highway ferries are pictured at the Auke Bay terminal on Tuesday, Aug. 25 as the M/V Matanuska departed for Petersburg and other southbound ports. The M/V Kennicott and M/V Tazlina are shown tied to the pier. A fourth ferry, the M/V LeConte pulled into port just after the Matanuska pulled away from the berth. The Matanuska was off-line the prior week after the crew was tested for COVID infections in Bellingham and the ship was cleaned before resuming service to Southeast...
August 27, 1920 The River and Harbor Act passed by the last session of Congress provides for a survey of Wrangell Narrows for the purpose of obtaining data as to the feasibility of dredging the Narrows and probable cost. One of the chief advantages to Petersburg from the deepening and straightening of Wrangell Narrows would be better boat service. At present only the smaller boats stop here and they have to wait for favorable tides. The improvement would enable all the larger boats to stop here and would enable all the steamers to pass through...
In the Aug. 20 issue of the Petersburg Pilot, a photo of a hummingbird on page 16 was incorrectly credited to Brian Varela. It was Brian Lynch who submitted the photo to the Pilot....
Salmon Leather In the 1940s Pacific American Fisheries (PAF) was the world's largest Pacific salmon processor and sought to use fish by-product. Galen Biery--a photographer and mechanic--became involved in PAF's research department. His work led to patenting a machine that removed fish scales from skin. Eventually, his expertise led to a foreman position at the PAF cannery in Petersburg. Fish skin has been used by indigenous peoples for clothing, bags and footwear. During the Art Deco period,...
Krissa Davis and Ian McCallum have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2020 spring semester at the University of Maine....
Verne Craig, maintenance manager at OBI Seafoods, screws in additional panels at Cannery Park. Photos are placed in windows to give the structure the look of an old cannery. Cannery Park was constructed by OBI Seafood staff members as a way to document the history of local canneries and thank cannery workers for their years of hard work....
A roughskin newt crosses the Haugen Dr. bike path dodging pedestrians and bicyclists....
Sig Burrell, of Rock-N-Road Construction, uses an excavator to demolish one of three houses located on Excel St. on Aug. 17 as bystanders watch. Swell LLC, a real estate development firm, plans on building low income housing on the property....
An Aero L-39 Albatros jet touched down at Petersburg Airport on Tuesday on its way to Elmendorf Air Force Base. Tonka Toy Rentals/ Fuel refilled the jet with about 460 gallons of jet A fuel, according to owner Charles Davis....
Tula Winje and her dad Paul Winje paint Daniel Christensen's wall around his front yard. Christensen invited the children in town to paint fishes, plants, mollusks and crustaceans on the wall....
A hummingbird feeds out of a nasturtium....
August 13, 1920 Colonel W. B. Greeley, National Forester for the U.S. was a Petersburg visitor late last week and spent the greater part of one day and night here inspecting the local mill, going over the town and conferring with local people about the water power and pulp possibilities of this section. “I am greatly surprised at the timber resources of Alaska. I had always been led to believe that the timber was in comparatively small stands along the coast, but when I see the entire coast heavily timbered I have to revise my opinion. The s...
A curious river otter watches as a pair of kayakers make their way up the slough. The river otter followed the kayakers, while keeping an eye on them and making funny noises....
Roman Robert Cardenas was born to Robyn and Daniel Cardenas on July 11, 2020 in Juneau, Alaska. He weighed 7 lbs.,10 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long....
A milky white quartz vein sits close to Sandy Beach Trail....
The F/V Kennicott travels north through the Wrangell Narrows on Monday. According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the F/V Kennicott could be making intermittent stops in Wrangell and Petersburg as tides permit beginning in October....
A line crew works to reroute the feed to and from the substation at the power plant to eliminate the span across Hammer Slough, said Utility Director Karl Hagerman. The previous feed was held over Hammer Slough by two rotten poles. By rerouting the electrical feed, Petersburg Power and Light will clean up the look of the historic Hammer Slough and Birch St. areas while getting rid of the liability that was posed by the rotten poles, according to Hagerman....
