where is chignik lagoon
Welcome to the Native Village of Chignik Lagoon! Chignik Lagoon is a very remote Native village located 400 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula. Chignik Lagoon is one of the three separate Chignik villages. The other two surrounding villages are Chignik Bay, and Chignik Lake. Chignik Lagoon is in the middle of the three villages. The other two are about 15 miles away. Chignik Lagoon took its name from its location and proximity to Chignik, the Aleut word for big wind.. The Chignik area was originally populated by Kanaigmuit Eskimos.