Wrangell, Alaska

Wrangell, United States

Wrangell, Alaska participates in 48 Bunkabop connections with 3508 places across 10 topics, anchored heavily in natural geography and Pacific Northwest history. The bulk of its ties run through Alaska and British Columbia, reflecting its position on the Inside Passage. The fur trade left a sharp mark: the Hudson's Bay Company abandoned its fort in 1849 after depleting local sea otter and beaver stocks. Smallpox epidemics in 1836 and 1840 cut the Tlingit population in half. A boarding school for Alaska Natives, rooted in a missionary school, operated through the mid-20th century.