Description
Woody Island is located in Chiniak Bay, 2.6 mi. E of Kodiak; Kodiak I. 2.7 miles long. 5 square miles in size.
History
translation of the descriptive name "Os(trov) Lysnoy given in 1804 by Lisianski (1814, p. 169). p. 51), stated "it is believed that the Russians were using it (Woody Island) as an agricultural colony as early as 1792 * * *." They also noted that the Russian American Ice Co. (Kodiak Ice Co. after 1867) imported horses (the first in Alaska) to Woody Island and built a road (the first in Alaska) around the island. building flourished both at Kodiak and Woody Island during the late 1800's" (p. 50). established the "Wood Island" Post Office, but it was discontinued in 1895.