Killisnoo, Alaska
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Killisnoo is an unincorporated settlement on Killisnoo Island in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, near Angoon which is on Admiralty Island. Killisnoo is located at .
[edit] History
Killisnoo Island has long been inhabited by Tlingit people. In the late 1800s, the Northwest Trading Company built a fish processing plant at Killisnoo and many Tlingit moved from nearby Angoon and other areas to Killisnoo to work at the plant. The plant was destroyed in a fire in 1928 and most of the residents left Killisnoo.
Like Angoon, Killisnoo has a less-rainy climate than most of southeastern Alaska, which is why Killisnoo is now a location for summer homes and some hotels catering to sport fishermen and tourists.
