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Kenai Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - Black Logo

Kenai Alaska Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - Black Logo

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The Kenai hoodie, for the town that has onion domes on the bluff above the Kenai River. A medium-heavy cotton pullover with the Kenai vintage retro logo across the chest in black, made to be worn from the first cold morning to the last.

If you are buying one Kenai piece, this is the one that gets worn most: warm enough for the sideline, the dock and the drive home, and the hoodie that gets borrowed and never returned. It is the gift for the one who moved away from Kenai, and the one that arrives in time for the holidays if you order now.

This pullover hoodie pairs medium-heavy fleece with a regular, true-to-size adult fit. A three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, and double-needle stitching at key seams keep it sturdy; the tear-away label keeps it comfortable. Made from 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heather colors may be cotton–poly blends.

The Dena’ina village of Shk’ituk’t stood at the mouth of the Kenai River around 1000 AD; Russian fur traders built Fort St. Nicholas here in 1791, the second permanent Russian settlement in Alaska, and the Americans built Fort Kenay in 1869. The city incorporated in 1960.

The blue-domed Holy Assumption church of 1894–96 is the oldest standing Russian Orthodox church in Alaska, the 1881 rectory is the oldest building on the peninsula, and the bluff looks across Cook Inlet to the volcanoes Redoubt, Iliamna and Spurr, with the king-salmon river at its feet. Old-world Alaska is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — KENAI AK HEAVY COTTON HOODIE

Town: Kenai, Alaska

Founded: 1791; city 1960

Known for: Fort St. Nicholas (1791); the blue-domed Holy Assumption church; the mouth of the Kenai River on Cook Inlet; volcanoes across the water

Art: Kenai vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex pullover hoodie, medium-heavy fleece, regular fit

Fabric: 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heathers cotton–poly

Details: Three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, tear-away label

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Salmon built the town and still runs it. Long before the rigs, Cook Inlet canneries packed Kenai reds by the case, and every July the personal-use dipnet fishery turns the river mouth into one of the busiest beaches in Alaska — families with long-handled nets, coolers, and wall tents taking home a winter's worth of fish in a few tide cycles. It is part festival and part harvest, and about as old as the village itself; the salmon that drew the Dena'ina to Shk'ituk't still draw the whole road system south every summer.

The Dena'ina Athabascans were here first, in a village called Shk'ituk't at the river mouth, living on the salmon that still run past the bluff. Russian fur traders arrived in 1791 and built Fort St. Nicholas — the second permanent Russian settlement in all of Alaska — and called the people they traded with the “Kenaitze,” the Kenai people. The Russians swapped glass beads for sea-otter pelts they carried on to China, and a fur trade ran for decades out of this small bluff. When the United States bought Alaska in 1867, the Army raised Fort Kenay on the bluff in 1869; it lasted barely a year, but the name stuck, and the Russian faith stayed.

Why People Visit Kenai

Kenai pairs deep history with wide-open Alaska — a living Russian-era church, a salmon river that sets the summer's rhythm, and the long view across Cook Inlet to the mountains. It's accessible, working, and real: a Last-Frontier town that kept its old bones.

Kenai Alaska Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the Alaska bear over Alaska Territory Est. 1959