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Afognak, Alaska)
Ag’waneq, soimetimes called Afognak, was a village on the island of Afognak in Alaska. It was established by Russian and Alutiiq settlers in the 1800s. It was covered by 1 m (3 feet) of ash when the Mount Katmai volcano erupted in 1912. It was destroyed in the Alaska Earthquake of 1964, when it was abandoned.
With help from the United States government and the Lions Club, survivors of the earthquake rebuilt the community at a new location on Kodiak Island and named the new village Port Lions in honor of the club.
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