Homer Harbor, Alaska
26. Homer is located on lower Cook Inlet in southern Alaska, approxi-
mately 125 air miles south of Anchorage and 70 miles north of Kodiak. The
project includes a small-boat basin protected by a berm and two breakwaters.
The harbor is located near the outer end of Homer Spit, a naturally occurring
spit extending 3.5 miles into Kachemak Bay.
was originally adopted in 1958 and completed in 1962,
including a 2.8-acre basin protected by a 1,260-ft rubble-mound breakwater.
The basin was destroyed and the breakwater severely damaged in the 1964 earth-
quake. In 1 6 the basin was restored and relocated slightly to the northwest
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of the original basin. The restored basin included 1 acres with 2.75 acres
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mllw and 7.25 acres at -15
at -12
mllw, a 1,018-ft main breakwater, and
a 238-ft secondary breakwater. Local interests expanded the basin to 16.5
acres during 1968 to 1970.
28. The project was expanded to 50 acres during 1984 to 1985 by ex-
tending the basin 1,040 ft to the northwest and 350 ft to the northeast. The
harbor is protected on the northeast by a berm with a 220-ft crest width
allowing 2-lane vehicular access. A chronology of events related to the
development and repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 5.
Hoonah Harbor, Alaska
Hoonah i located on the northeastern shore of Chichagof Island in
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southeastern Alaska on the eastern shore of Port Frederick, 70 miles west of
Juneau. The project includes a 15.5-acre small-boat basin protected by an
800-ft and a 1,507-ft rubble-mound breakwater, a 140-ft rubble-mound entrance
breakwater, and an 800-ft and a 1,165-ft rubble-mound diversion dike. Con-
and was completed in 1 8 . The basin provides moorage
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struction began in
for 1 5 local and transient commercial fishing vessels, with provisions for
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expansion to 225 boats. A chronology of events related to the development and
repair of the harbor structures is given in Table 6.
Humboldt Harbor, Alaska
Sand Point is located on the northern shore of Humboldt Harbor on
Island in the Shumagin Island group of southwestern
the western side of
Alaska, approximately 560 air miles southwest of Anchorage. The project
includes a 16.6-acre mooring basin protected by a 1,025-ft north breakwater,
a 740-ft south breakwater, and a 1,175-ft diversion dike, The basin was
constructed during 1975 to 1976. A chronology of events related to the
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