The KANABACK family in Alaska goes back at least to the late 1800s when John Kaneback and his wife Eva/Eugenia had a family that lived on the Kenai coast. It is probable that the original Kanaback was from Russia and was part of the Russian fort established in Kodiak in the early 1800s, but no documentation has been found to support this.
John was born in Kodiak, but Eugenia (who may have been his second wife) was born in Seldovia. John had at least three sons, Gabriel, John, and Walter. Gabriel’s family is in English Bay/Nanwalek but Walter and his family settled in Seldovia.