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YourewantingtogetawaytoDutchHarbor.WhereisDutchHarborYouare...Where8www.unalaska.info877.581.2612TheairlinehasbookedyourfighttoDutchHarborthehotelbookedyourroominDutchHarbortheMuseumoftheAleutansislocatedinDutchHarbortheferrystopsinDutchHarbor.Youlookonamap...andfndnosuchplaceThecityofUnalaskaspansUnalaskaandAmaknakIslandswhichwereconnectedin1980bytheBridgetotheOtherSide.AccordingtolongtmehistorianRayHudsonUnalaskaisacorruptonoftheoriginalislandnameofAgunalaksh.WhentheEuropeansfrstarrivedherein1759thevillageonOunalaskawasknownasIliuliuk.Thenamereferstothecurvedapproachonetookinaskinboatwhenapproachingthevillageandmayalsohavehadconnotatonsofharmony.In1788SpanishexplorershappenedbyandnamedthespotPuertodeDonaMariaLuisaTeresadeParmaPrincesadeAsturias.Itdidntcatchon.In1806RussianschristenedthecommunityDobroyeSoglasiiaTheHarborofGoodAccordbutlaterchangedittothemoremanageableOunalashkaandeventuallytoUnalaska.DutchHarborasheltereddeep-waterharborofAmaknakIslandwassupposedlynamedforaDutchshipthatanchoredthereinthelate1700s.Inthe1890sadockwasbuiltthereandpeoplesailingtoUnalaskahadtobookpassagetothePortofDutchHarbor.DuringWorldWarIIthemilitaryconstructedarunwaynearthedockandadoptedthenameDutchHarbor.WhenprivateairlinestookovertheairstripaferthewartheykepttheDutchHarbordesignatonfortheairport.ThenamehasbecomeacommonnameforthepartofthecommunitylocatedonAmaknakIsland.ForthatreasonmostpeopleoutsidethecommunityseemtobemorefamiliarwiththenameDutchHarbor.IntruththelegalnameofthecommunityistheCityofUnalaskahometotheInternatonalPortofDutchHarbor.