Moving to King Salmon~ (Anchorage: housing, rental, job)

[aviationhero]

Morning People!

My Fiance got a call last night and was offered a good job in King Salmon, AK. It's a place that we've always wanted to go so we're very excited about it. I have an 8 yr old son that will be moving up there with us and his 8 yr old son will be coming just to visit. Anyway, I've been trying to do a search for apartments or anything that we can live in and am coming up empty!
Can anyone point me in the right direction to find us an affordable place to stay? And what is considered affordable for up there? We're in small town Alabama so I'm expecting it to be different -
TIA!
Christina

[jjbradleynyc]

Hmm, I was looking over topics on this site, and came across "King Salmon" and was surprised someone was talking about it! I was there a couple of times in 1995! My best friend and I went to Alaska to work on a salmon processing boat. It was just for about 8 weeks in the summer. Anyway, I just saw the tiny airstrip and several ramshackle "shacks" and cabins. I'm not sure of the population, but I'd bet it's under 5,000 people for sure. It's super remote! I remember the plane ride from Anchorage to King Salmon being around 2 hours or so (maybe slightly more or less--can't exactly recall). The terrain was somewhat flat but very green, since we went in the summer. It was drizzling and overcast. Tons of pine trees and small bushes. Definitely grizzly bear country. Sorry I couldn't help you with housing, but I'd recommend taking a look at craigslist, and if you come up short there, see if they have a chamber of commerce for King Salmon town. Best of luck.

[missyM]

Definitely call the employer and ask. I'm not aware of any apartment buildings up that way. Some employers have temp housing, i.e. fish processors, other housing is permanent residents. The new employer should be able to put you in touch w/ a rental owner or someone who has a place for sale. Good luck.