History of Lituya Bay

Tlingit Indian name obtained and used by the Russians. In 1805 Captain Lisianski (1814, p. 221), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it "L'tooa Bay." It was published in Russian as "Z(aliv) L'tua." by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) and the Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378 shows "Zal(iv) Altua ili Port Frantsuzov" meaning "Altua Bay or Port of Frenchmen." La Perouse (1797, map 19) originally called the bay "Port des Francais" meaning the "Bay of the Frenchmen." Whalers knew it as Frechman's Bay. La Perouse visited and surveyed the bay in 1786 and made observations about the Indians living there.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Lituya Bay

Cormorant Rock, La Chaussee Spit, Passage Rock,

Anchorage Cove, Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, Lituya Glacier,

The Paps,

Cenotaph Island,

Crillon Lake, Fish Lake, Grassy Pond,

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Mount Escures, Grassy Mountain, Lituya Mountain, Mount Salisbury, South Billy Goat Mountain,

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Crillon River, Dagelet River,

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Campbell Creek, Coal Creek, Eagle Creek, Echo Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fourmile Creek, Justice Creek, Mineral Creek, Mudslide Creek, Portage Creek, Steelhead Creek, Topsy Creek, Whale Creek,

Desolation Valley,