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Boulder Point

Boulder Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Petersburg (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 194 ft (59.13 m)
About

on N coast of Kupreanof I., at entrance to Portage Bay, 77 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Boulder Point

So named in 1882 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), because the point "is fringed by large boulders"; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 125).