Golovin Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
About Golovin
The town's name is a mis-spelling of the name of Russian Vice-Admiral Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin (1776–1831), who visited Alaska as a captain to inspect the workings of the Russian-American Company in 1807–1809, in theDiana, and in 1817–1819, in theKamchatka, while circumnavigating the world. Gold was discovered in 1898 at Council and Golovin became a supply point for the gold fields. Supplies were unloaded from ships at Golovin and shipped across Golovnin Lagoon and up the Fish and Niukluk Rivers to Council. When gold was discovered in what is now Nome, much of the mining and shipping activity moved there and Golovin declined in population. Reindeer herding was introduced in the area about 1900.
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