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Kijik Historic District
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| Nearest city: | Nondalton, Alaska |
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| Area: | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 79000410[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 29, 1979 |
Kijik is a ghost town in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. An Eskimo village that was established on the shores of Lake Clark in the Alaska Range, its population was recorded at 91 in the 1880 United States Census and declined thereafter, falling to approximately 25 individuals by 1904. Today, the village is nonexistent. The ghost town is located at (60.2911111, -154.2166667), at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m).[2]
In 1979, twelve acres of the village site were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.[1]
The community was known by many other names than "Kijik" during its history, including "Lake Clark Village", "Nijik", "Nikhkak", "Nikhak", and "Old Keegik". Its current name has been spelled in a wide variety of ways, including "Keechik", "Keeghik", "Keejik", "Keggik", "Keygik", "Kichak", "Kichik", "Kilchik", and "Kilchikh".[2]
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