Akhiok is an Alutiiq village dependent upon fishing and subsistence activities . The original village of Kashukugniut was occupied by Russians in the early 19th century . The community was originally a sea otter hunting settlement , located at Humpy Cove . The name Akhiok was reported in the 1880 census . In 1881 , residents relocated to the present site at Alitak Bay . The relocation was , in part , based on the switch to a fishing economy . Most families gain their livelihood from fishing , either directly by fishing for salmon and halibut or by working in a nearby cannery . The community 's Russian Orthodox church , Protection of the Theotokos Chapel , was built around 1900 at the site of an earlier structure . A post office was established in 1933 . Residents of nearby Kaguyak relocated to Akhiok after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami destroyed their village . The city was incorporated in 1972
1964 earthquake and tsunami
1964 Alaska earthquake
Akhiok, Alaska