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Point Lucan

Point Lucan

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Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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on N tip of Althorp Peninsula, on Chichagof I., 0.8 mi. SE of Three Hill I., 34 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Lucan

Named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for the Countess of Lucan. Lucan was also the family name of the wife of the second Earl of Spencer (Wagner, 1937, p. 395).