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Point Higgins

Point Higgins

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 30 ft (9.14 m)
About

between Behm Canal and Tongass Narrows, on SW coast of Revillagigedo I., Alex. Arch.

History of Point Higgins

Named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 12, 1793, no doubt after Ambrosio O'Higgins (de Vallenar), the Viceroy of Chile" (Wagner, 1937, p.

Places Near Point Higgins
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bittersweet Rock, Bolles Ledge, Lewis Reef, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Pond Reef, Rosa Reef,

Bays:

Black Sand Cove, Blank Inlet, Bond Bay, Clam Cove, Francis Cove, Grant Cove, Helm Bay, Knudson Cove, Long Arm, Moser Bay, Mud Bay, Naha Bay, Radenbough Cove, Raymond Cove, Refuge Cove, Smugglers Cove, Totem Bight, Vallenar Bay, Wadding Cove, Ward Cove, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Francis, Point Higgins, Bar Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Caamano Point, Charcoal Point, Chasina Point, Cod Point, Donnelly Point, Escape Point, Gravina Point, Helm Point, Indian Point, Lewis Point, Mike Point, Peninsula Point, Potter Point, Rock Point, South Vallenar Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Inside Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Ketchikan Debris Control Dam, Ketchikan Diversion Dam, Ketchikan Lakes Dam, Lake Connell Dam, North Fawn Lake Dam, South Fawn Lake Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain, Judy Hill, Level Mountain,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Cache Island, Cedar Island, Channel Island, Chasina Island, Clover Island, Danger Island, Dogfish Island, East Clump, East Island, Forss Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Guard Islands, Hump Island, Joe Island, Moser Island, Pennock Island, Pup Island, Stack Island, Thomas Island, Trunk Island, Vallenar Rock,

Lakes:

Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Cessnun Lakes, Connell Lake, Lake Emery Tobin, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Helm Lake, Lower and Upper Ketchikan Lakes, Lower Ketchikan Lake, Lower Wolf Lake, Lake Perseverance, Scout Lake, Smugglers Lake, Talbot Lake, Upper Ketchikan Lake, Ward Lake,

Mine:

Alaska Gold Mountain Mines, Bert Lide Mine, Gold Standard Mine, Sleeping Beauty Mine, Steers Mine,

Mountains:

Betton Head, Brown Mountain, Curve Mountain, Diana Mountain, Dude Mountain, Flat Mountain, Gold Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Juno Mountain, Mount Marr, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Plain Mountain, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Rivers:

Naha River,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, Falls Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Granite Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Smugglers Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walker Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail, Minerva Mountain Trail, Naha River Trail, Perseverance Trail, Ward Lake Trail, Wolf Lake Trail,

Cities:

Carlanna, Clover Pass, Loring, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Pennock Island, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,