History of Northwest Harbor

Local name published on an 1888 US@C&GS chart. Possibly the same bay called by the Aleut Agughum udda meaning bay of the creator, or God's bay, according to Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 263).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Northwest Harbor

Simeonof Island,

Fairweather Bay, Flying Eagle Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Northwest Harbor, Sandy Cove, Shoal Bay, Simeonof Harbor, Yukon Harbor,

Cape Thompson, Entrance Point,

Koniuji Strait, Twelve Fathom Strait,

Atkins Island, Big Koniuji Island, Hall Island, Herendeen Island, Little Koniuji Island, Murie Islets, Murre Rocks,