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About Naukati Bay AK
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Naukati is a small community of 135 people located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Naukati was named “Naukatee Bay” in 1904 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, who recorded it as the local Indian name. Initially a logging camp it was later was settled as a Department of Natural Resources land disposal site. Naukati Bay is located within the Tongass National Forest and the Thorne Bay Ranger District located in Thorne Bay at 1312 Federal Way, Sandy Beach Road.
Naukati residents are a mixture of long time island residents and recent homesteaders. Employment is seasonal and varied, including tourism, commercial fishing, and some small forest product manufacturing. A growing industry in the Naukati area is oyster farming.