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Life in Alaska

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Homer Boat Harbor
2010 population and assorted demographic info
The 2010 U.S. Census pegged Homer's population at 5,003, a 27% increase over the 2000 Census count. Part of the increase is due to the fact that Homer annexed 4.6 square miles of land in 2002.

Land area
15 square miles of land and 10.5 square miles of water

Location
Homer is located in south-central Alaska, 227 road miles from Anchorage (Alaska’s largest city), near the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, 59°38'35" North Latitude, 151°31'33" West Longitude. (Map source: Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center.)



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Salty Dawg Saloon
The Salty Dawg Saloon is a well-known landmark on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska.
The Salty Dawg originally was one of the first cabins built in Homer in 1897, soon after the establishment of the town site. It served as the first post office, a railroad station, a grocery store, and a coal mining office for twenty years. In 1909 a second building was constructed, and it served as a school house, post office, grocery store. And at one time, it housed three adults and eleven children.

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Orca Whales
This pod of Orcas swam about the boat for nearly twenty minutes or so.  The Bay cruises give you a
close up encounter with numerous animals that survive in and around the ocean.

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Sea Lions can be seen in Resurrection and Katchemak Bays via a cruise.

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