Information About

Hinchinbrook Entrance

Hinchinbrook Entrance

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Bays:

Port Etches,

About

at entrance to Prince William Sounds, between Hinchinbrook I. and Montague I., 40 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts. 10 miles long.

History of Hinchinbrook Entrance

Mariners name reported in 1901 by US@C&GS; so called for nearby Hinchinbrook Island Captain Abercrombie in Glenn and Abercombie, (1899, p. 297), USA, called it Meiklejohn Entrance April 8, 1898, in honor of Hon. (George DeRue) Meiklejohn, 1857-1929, Assistant Secretary of War in the Mckinley administration.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova B-8 (1953), Cordova B-8 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959),

Places Near Hinchinbrook Entrance

Cities:

Bars:

Seal Rocks, The Seven Sisters,

Bays:

Port Etches, Constantine Harbor, Deer Cove, English Bay, Shelter Bay, Zaikof Bay,

Capes:

Point Barber, Bear Cape, Bear Cape, Cape Hinchinbrook, Johnstone Point, Middle Point, Phipps Point, Punta de la Cruz, Shelter Point, Zaikof Point,

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Schooner Rock,

Mountains:

Montague Peak, Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

Constantine Creek,

Hinchinbrook Entrance Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Hinchinbrook Entrance.