Jim Toteff, Jr. tells the story of his first season as skipper of a purse seiner in 1970. That summer, he was rescued from a sinking boat and floated another vessel to salvage the shortened season.
Read More »West Side Stories – Jeanne Shepherd
Jeanne Shepherd of Mush Bay in Uganik recalls a memorable Thanksgiving, when the tide came up through the floorboards of her historic home.
Read More »West Side Stories – Dianne Herman
Dianne Herman of Village Islands in Uganik Bay remembers beachseining at Packers Spit in the 1970s.
Read More »West Side Stories – Linda Lindberg
Linda Lindberg recalls rushing her daughter to town to get medical treatment after an accident at Packers Spit.
Read More »West Side Stories – David Little
David Little of Village Islands remembers the chaos surrounding the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Uganik.
Read More »West Side Stories – Lacey Berns
Lacey Berns laughs about the challenges of setnetting at Little River on the Shelikof in the 1970s.
Read More »West Side Stories – Bud Lather
Bud Lather recalls seeing Shark Cove, his family’s Uganik setnet site, for the first time.
Read More »West Side Stories – Christy Allen
Christy Allen speaks about growing up at Port O’Brien, the Uganik cannery at which her father was superintendent.
Read More »West Side Stories – Deedie Pearson
Deedie Pearson describes fishing for and salting salmon in Uganik Bay in the 1940s.
Read More »West Side Stories – Judge Roy Madsen
Judge Roy Madsen tells the story of when his father trapped a live bear in Mush Bay in the 1930s.
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