$387,000
Lot 1 Kuiu Island
Remote, AK 99000
MLS# 26-987
Status: Closed



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View of bay of pillars Looking straight down at lot 3 and 1 Lot 1 From river looking at lots and bay

Property Description
Set on the saltwater in the Bay of Pillars on Kuiu Island, this rare 8.1± acre holding captures the kind of Southeast Alaska setting most people only ever experience from the deck of a boat: deep, protected coastal water in front of you, and to the east the steady pull of Kwatahein Creek, where all five species of Pacific salmon return through the summer—king, sockeye, coho, pink, and chum—

Details
Documents
Contract Info
Subdivision Plat Type: Fee Simple
Foreclosure/Bank Own: No
Price-List: 387000
Date-Listing: 2026-02-02
Status: Closed
Location, Tax and Legal
Region: 2 - Southeast Alaska Region
Borough/Census Area: 2D - Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
Grid # (Muni Anch): N/A
Tax Map #-Mat-Su: N/A
Legal: Antonsen/Grasser L1 US #962
Taxes (Estimated): 0
Tax Year: 2026
School-Elementary: Remote - No School
School-Middle: Remote - No School
School-High: Remote - No School
Assessed Value $: 0
Property Info
Realtor.com Type: Vacant Land
Acres: 8.09
SF-Lot: 352441
Lot Area Source: Survey
Zoning: UNZ - Not Zoned
Lot Dimension-Back: 465.26
Lot Dimension-Front: 601.16
Lot Dimension-Left: 705.56
Lot Dimension-Right: 518.77
Directions and Remarks
Directions: By boat head to Bay of Pillars. Property will be on right past large house look for realtor signs
Vacant Land Type
Commercial: 1
Farm: 1
Industrial: 1
Recreational: 1
Remote: 1
Residential: 1
Listing Terms Financing
1031 Exchange: 1
Cash: 1
Conventional: 1
Land Features
Airplane Access: 1
Trees - Heavy: 1
View: 1
Topography
Level: 1
Sloping: 1
View Type
Bay: 1
Mountains: 1
Ocean: 1
River: 1
Unobstructed: 1
Wtrfrnt-Access Near
Bay: 1
Creek: 1
Ocean: 1
Wtrfrnt-Frontage
Bay/Harbor: 1
Creek: 1
Oceanfront: 1
Waterfront Details
Waterfront Name: Bay of Pillars
Utilities
Electric - None: 1
Pub Wtr-None: 1
Septic - None: 1
Telephone - None: 1
Access
Water: 1
Road Maintenance
No Road: 1
Mortgage Info
EM Minimum Deposit: 8000
Documents
Survey: 1
Sold Info
Date-Pending: 2026-02-14
Date-Closing: 2026-03-05
Location Tax and Legal
Area: 570 - Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan - All
Street #: Lot 1
Street Name: Kuiu Island
Closest USPS Town: Remote
State: AK
Zip Code: 99000
Property Features
Vacant Land Type: Commercial; Farm; Industrial; Recreational; Remote; Residential
Listing Terms Financing: 1031 Exchange; Cash; Conventional
Land Features: Airplane Access; Trees - Heavy
Topography: Level; Sloping
View Type: Bay; Mountains; Ocean; River; Unobstructed
Wtrfrnt-Access Near: Bay; Creek; Ocean
Wtrfrnt-Frontage: Bay/Harbor; Creek; Oceanfront
Utilities: Electric - None; Pub Wtr-None; Septic - None; Telephone - None
Access: Water
Road Maintenance: No Road
Documents: Survey
Supplements
bringing the entire shoreline to life. Bay of Pillars itself is a storied piece of the Alexander Archipelago, opening to Chatham Strait and long known as a working and wilderness bay in equal measure. For the buyer with the vision and capacity to build, the scale of this parcel is the story. Eight-plus acres of true oceanfront in this part of Alaska is the difference between simply owning a cabin site and creating a destination: a lodge with room to do it right, thoughtfully spaced guest accommodations, staff or caretaker housing, gear and maintenance buildings, and a dock system that makes arrivals and departures feel effortless. It's the kind of footprint that can support a serious fishing programmorning tides and creek mouths close to home, afternoons running the strait, and evenings back on your own shorelinewithout sacrificing privacy, operational flow, or the quiet luxury that discerning guests (and owners) expect. Any lodge or commercial concept will, of course, be guided by due diligence, but as a canvas, it's exceptionally hard to replicate. What makes this property even more compelling is that it doesn't feel manufactured; it feels earned. The land and the water in front of it still wear the imprint of an earlier Alaskawhen this coast was part of the salmon economy that built the region. Historical records place salmon-packing activity here in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including operations associated with Point Ellis and Bay of Pillars, with the Astoria & Alaska Packing Company moving its cannery operation to Point Ellis in 1890, and a Point Ellis plant recorded as burning in 1892. In later accounts, the site is described as transitioning into a saltery after that eraone of the old-style salmon salting works that predated (and often complemented) canningbefore the shoreline's industry evolved again under the next wave of packing operations. Today, the remaining, timeworn structures on the landalong with the skeletal, offshore remnants out front in the bay where the old saltery infrastructure once stoodcreate an atmosphere money can't fabricate. Weathered pilings and dilapidated buildings are more than relics; they're narrative. They give a future lodge the rarest branding advantage of all: authenticity. And the history here is not small. Early 1900s documentation tied to the Pillar Bay Packing Company at Point Ellis reflects an operation measured in real volumetens of thousands of cases packed in a seasonsupported by docks, vessels, and the kind of industrial tempo that defined coastal Alaska at the time. Properties like thisprivate, sizeable, oceanfront, salmon-creek-adjacent, and layered with genuine Alaska historyrarely to never come up for sale. This is a legacy parcel with the bones for something significant: a world-class fishing lodge, a private retreat built to host at scale, or a commercial vision rooted in place rather than trend. If you've been waiting for a Bay of Pillars opportunity that is truly different in size, setting, and story, this is the one that simply doesn't circle back once it's gone.

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Listing Office: Anchor Properties

Last Updated: March - 05 - 2026

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