Tenakee Springs seeks crowdfunding to rebuild after December storm
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Apr 7, 2021
The Indian River bridge provides pedestrian access for some off-grids residences with the town of Tenakee Springs. The bridge was badly damaged in an early December storm (Photo by Nicole Pegues, Courtesy of Sue Horwath)
Last December, a record-breaking storm caused landslides and flooding around Southeast Alaska. In the roughly 100-person town of Tenakee Springs, the storm destroyed a bridge that provides vital access for a handful of residents. Now, the community’s turning to crowdfunding to help rebuild it.
On Dec. 2, Tenakee residents awoke to find their beaches littered with logs as big as two and a half feet in diameter. Gordon Chew was part of the clean-up crew at the time.