Information About

Berners Bay

Quick Facts

Region:

Juneau

Nearest City:

Haines

About

on E shore of Lynn Canal, 16 mi. NW of Dotsons Landing and 34 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 3 miles wide.

History of Berners Bay

Discovered by Joseph Whidbey in 1794 and named by Captain Vancouver (1801, v. 5, p. 435). Name is probably from "Berners," his mother's family name (Wagner, 1937, p. 376).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1951), Juneau C-3 (1952), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-3 NW (1986), Juneau C-3 (1996), Juneau C-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Berners Bay

Cities:

Amalga,

Bars:

Poundstone Rock, Sherman Rock, Vanderbilt Reef,

Basins:

Cottrell Basin, Yankee Basin,

Bays:

Berners Bay, Boat Harbor, Bridget Cove, Echo Cove, Saint James Bay, Yankee Cove,

Beaches:

Eagle Beach,

Capes:

Point Saint Mary, Point Whidbey, Point Bridget, Cove Point, Saint James Point, Point Sherman,

Channels:

Lynn Canal,

Islands:

Benjamin Island, Little Island, Mab Island, North Island, Ralston Island, Sentinel Island,

Lakes:

Antler Lake, Evelyn Lake, Independence Lake,

Mine:

Aurora Borealis Mine, Bessie Mine, Comet Mines, Eagle River Mine, Horrible Mine, Ivanhoe Mine, Jualin Mine, Kensington Mine, Ophir Mine,

Mountains:

Lions Head Mountain, Thane Mountain,

Parks:

Saint James Bay State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Pheobe Peak, Sophia Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Kakuhan Range,

Rivers:

Antler River, Berners River, Eagle River, Gilkey River, Lace River,

Streams:

Bessie Creek, Boulder Creek, Canyon Creek, Cowee Creek, Davies Creek, Johnson Creek, Ophir Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sherman Creek, Slate Creek, South Fork Cowee Creek, Sweeny Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Bessie Creek Trail, Davies Creek Trail, Point Bridget Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail,

Valleys:

Granite Canyon, Snowslide Gulch,

Berners Bay Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Berners Bay.

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Barrow's Goldeneye, Northern Pintail, Common Gull, Green-winged Teal, Black Scoter, Arctic Tern, Harlequin Duck, Bufflehead, Black Oystercatcher, Northern Shoveler, Caspian tern, American Crow, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Common Raven, Red-necked Grebe, Killdeer, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Merlin, Steller's Jay