Hercules rescue plane from Kodiak, Alaska. Dutchmen manufactures brands like the Aerolite, Coleman, Denali, Kodiak, Aspen Trail, and others. The Convair planes were used for service to Valdez, Kenai, Kodiak, Cordova, and Homer. For 1980, General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick short-hood conventionals. They conducted extensive fur trading with Alaskan Natives of the Aleutian Islands and Kodiak. Kodiak Island is part of the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak Archipelago of Alaska. Her current home port is Kodiak, Alaska. The weather of Kodiak is temperate by Alaskan standards. The United States Coast Guard has a major presence in Kodiak, Alaska. The largest community on the island is the city of Kodiak, Alaska. Stanchfield was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, where her father was a commercial fisherman. It was introduced to Alaska's Afognak, Kodiak, and Raspberry Islands in 1928. The hydro project was the first significant invasion of inland bear habitat on Kodiak Island. Again, sport hunters voiced their support for Kodiak bears. One fatal bear attack on a person on the Kodiak archipelago occurred in 1999.