cI.PetersBurg.Ak.us
About cI.PetersBurg.Ak.us
Alaska’s Little Norway was founded more than 100 years ago by Norwegian anglers. Petersburg was named after Peter Buschmann, a Norwegian immigrant who arrived in the late 1890s and homesteaded on the north end of Mitkof Island. He built a cannery, a sawmill and a dock between 1890 and 1900. His family's homesteads grew into Petersburg, which was populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin. The cannery has operated continuously since its completion.