Editing Karluk, Alaska (section)

==History==
[[File:Fishermen hauling a salmon seine, Karluk, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 62).jpeg|thumb|Hauling a salmon seine in Karluk, 1906]]
[[File:Karluk Cannery, Karluk, Alaska, nd (COBB 261).jpeg|thumb|Karluk Cannery]]

In 1787 [[Evstratii Delarov]], manager of the Russian [[Shelikhov-Golikov Company]] established an outpost at Karluk.<ref>{{cite book |last= Black |first= Lydia |title= Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867 |year= 2004 |publisher= University of Alaska Press |isbn= 978-1-889963-04-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NSRxrDm0JYYC&pg=PA108 |page= 108}}</ref>

On March 17, 1945, the village participated in the rescue of seven (7) U.S. Navy aviators who ditched their [[Lockheed Ventura|PB1 Ventura patrol bomber]] offshore.<ref>[http://209.165.152.119/navy/1944_pv1_karluk.txt U.S. Navy Archives]</ref>

In 2021, the [[Ascension of Our Lord Chapel]] was relocated from a bluff overlooking the river to prevent its destruction.<ref>{{cite web |last1=duVall |first1=Shina |title=HOW WE RESCUED THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD CHURCH IN KARLUK, ALASKA, FROM FALLING OFF A CLIFF |url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/how-we-rescued-the-ascension-of-our-lord-church-in-karluk-alaska-from-falling-off-a-cliff.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref>