Metlakahtla, Alaska

Historical Images, mostly from the US National Archives

Metlakahtla, Alaska early 1890s

Metlakatla, Alaska

Melakatla, Alaska was founded in 1887 by missionary William Duncan and his congregation of Tsimshian Indians, who relocated from Metlakahtla, BC due to disputes involving religious freedom and land rights. The village, on Village Point, Port Chester Bay, Annette Island, Alaska, was originally known as New Metlakahtla. The "New" was subsequently dropped and the Post Office changed the spelling to "Metlakatla" in 1904.

People

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  Benjamin Haldane
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  John Tait
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  Josiah Guthrie
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  Mrs Edward K. Mather, mother of Paul Mather
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  Sydney Campbell, noted woodcarver, in traditional Tsimshian costume
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  Frederic Ridley
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  A family
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  Sunday School teachers, 1894
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  A family
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  Families at Hewson's Store
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  Girl' School students and teacher
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  A family
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  Edward Marsden
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  William Duncan

Founding

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  Flag on Village Point, Welcoming the steamer Ancon
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  Canoes and first building
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  First sawmill
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  Clearing stumps
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  Building walks

Place

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  Metlakatla from top of Chester Falls
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  Skaters' Lake, Leadville Mountain, Chester Falls, Purple Mountain
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  Nichols Passage and Driest Point viewed from Chester Bay
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  1923 annotated plat map
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  Metlakahtla Christian Mission Church
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  Church interior
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  Church interior
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  Church interior, decorated
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  Postcard of William Duncan's house
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  Town Hall and Mission School
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  Street, looking toward the guesthouse
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  Guest house, Duncan's cottage and store
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  Houses
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  Cannery, warehouse, boat-building shop
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  Houses on the northwest shore
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  Board street; Brendible's Moving Picture Show
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  Annette Island Packing Co., Harding visit

Life

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  Constructing a fishing scow
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  William Duncan's steamer, the Herald
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  Fishing boat
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  Delivering salmon to the cannery
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  Bandstand
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  Celebration
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  July 4 (1903?)
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  Class in session in the Mission School
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  A Wedding
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  Messiah 1907
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  Councilmen
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  Baseball team
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  Winter Picnic and skating party
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  Funeral procession from the Town Hall (before constuction of the church)
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  Funeral