Chuuk Historic Preservation
Office (HPO) is part of the USA's National Historic
Preservation Program which provides for the survey, inventory,
assessment and protection of historic sites. Chuuk HPOs
activities are coordinated through a National Historic
Preservation Office in Palikir on Pohnpei, the capital of the
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It is a part of the
Division of Commerce and Industry in the Chuuk Department of
Administrative Services and based on the island of Weno.
Chuuk's history is rich and tangible. Many of the island's
features are linked to past chiefs, settlement patterns and
legends. Many of the traditional ways of life, language and
other customs are important to today's Chuukese as they were to
the first inhabitants 2000 years ago.
Foreign influences from the
Spanish, Germans, Missionaries, Japanese
and Americans can be seen in the Chuukese, their way of
life and through sites located on the islands as well as in the
clear blue waters of the lagoon.
Some aspects such traditional
paddling and inter-island canoes, traditional fishing by women
are rarely seen today. They are all a tangible part of Chuuk's
history and the heritage that Chuuk HPO wants to document,
protect and manage for future generations.
Sites placed on the USA
National Register of Historic Places:
- Fauba Archaelogical
Site, Tol Island (Traditional Period)
- Tonaachaw Mountain
Weno Island (Traditional Period)
- Wiichen Men's
Meetinghouse, Weno Island ( Traditional Period)
- Japanese Army
Headquarters, Roro, Tonoas Island (Japanese Period
1914-1945)
- Japansese Lighthouse
Allei Island, Puluwat Atoll, Truk Lagoon (Japanese Period
1914-1945)
- St. Xavier Academy,
Japanese Communication Centre, Weno Island
(Japanese Period 1914-1945)
- Tonotan Guns and Caves,
Weno Island (Japanese Period 1914-1945)
- Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon
Underwater Fleet (Japanese Period 1914-1945)
World Heritage Listing project
