WayfarrowKaluiak
Ghost town · Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska
Kaluiak is a ghost town in Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska. It is one of 9 former communities in Lake and Peninsula County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kaluiak as a historical populated place on the Chignik B-1 NW topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 56.4167° N, 158.2500° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Chignik B-1 NW |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 0 ft |
| Nearest living town | Chignik, AK |
| Distance to it | 10 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1895018 |
| Coordinates | 56.41667, -158.25000 |
What's there now
Kaluiak is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Chignik, AK (population 28), about 10 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Mitrofaniaghost town · Lake and Peninsula County · 34.9 mi
- Unangashikghost town · Aleutians East County · 39.2 mi
Questions
Where is Kaluiak?
Kaluiak is in Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska, at 56.4167, -158.2500.
How many ghost towns are in Lake and Peninsula County?
Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.