Hydaburg
Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) · USGS GNIS name record 1422709
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Original USGS record for Hydaburg ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 02/11/2011 · NAD83 · approximate source location
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on W coast of Prince of Wales I., 22 mi. SE of Craig; Alex. Arch.
Name for the "Haida" Indians, the original inhabitants of this village, who came from the village of Kaigani. Hydaburg was founded in 1911 to centralize the school system; a post office was established in 1912 (Ricks, 1965, p. 28). The village is manly engaged in fishing and trapping and has a cooperative cannery (Alaska Sportsman, 1962, no. 12, p. 28). See Kaigani.
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