Chignik, Alaska
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Chignik is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2020 census the population was 97, up from 91 in 2010.
Chignik from above
Benny Benson
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John Ben Benson Jr. was an Alaska Native best known for designing the flag of Alaska. Benson was 14 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory of Alaska, which became
Chignik, Alaska
…at $31,250. The per capita income for Chignik was $16,000. 5% of the population lived below the poverty line; none were under 18 or over 64 years old. Benny Benson (1913–1972), the designer of the Alaskan Flag, was born in Chignik The climate present in Chignik is a typical subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc), however…
Benson c. 1927
Where Benny and Carl's cubby-holes used to exist in the former Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska.
Benny Benson Memorial at mile 1.4 (km 2.3) of the Seward Highway in Seward, Alaska