Portlock
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 59.214, -151.746
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: Named after Nathaniel Portlock, the town was an active cannery community in the early 20th century.
History
Portlock is a ghost town in the US state of Alaska, located on the southern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, around 16 miles (26 km) south of Seldovia. It is located in Port Chatham bay, from which an adjacent community takes its name. Named after Nathaniel Portlock, the town was an active cannery community in the early 20th century.