The Story of Big Lake and Bill Moore's Slough

The creatively named Big Lake, AK (sarcasm intended) was formed as a town in 1958 starting with a population of 74. Today it has grown to just under 4000 and has a small community feel to it with community events, churches, small coffee shops, a library, a post office, small businesses, an airport where a handful of locals begin their Alaskan adventures, and (believe it or not) a really big lake. Bill Moore's Slough is next to Kotlik, Ak on the Yukon River Delta. It immediately made me wonder: who is Bill Moore and what is a slough? It's very difficult to find information about this elusive community, perhaps by design. How Alaskan is that? Some brief notes from a scientist from 1899 offers us frustratingly little information about the early days of Bill Moore's Slough. Contact the show at [email protected] TYSA Logo was created by Evan Van Kirk Music was created by Isaac Bedingfield