Information About

Point Louise

Point Louise

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 102 ft (31.09 m)
About

on the mainland, S point of entrance to Rudyerd Bay, Behm Canal, Coast Mts.

History of Point Louise

Name published in 1899 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); originally named "New Eddystone Point" by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), August 9, 1793, "for a supposed resemblance to Eddystone (lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall) in England * * * (Wagner, 1937, p. 399-400).