St. Nicholas Church

In the earlier days, the villagers were located ten miles to the east at a place which is near the Sand Spit on the northeastern most part of the Chignik Lagoon.  Many people call this the Old Village today.  In the early 1950s, some of the villagers found a more suitable place to relocate the village which would be up the Chignik River at the lowest part of Chignik Lake.  After some families had moved to the new location, a few men brought some lumber up to erect a new chapel at the new site.  ...