Information About

Point Woodcock

Point Woodcock

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 36 ft (10.97 m)
About

on NW coast of Montague I., 10 mi. NE of Cape Cleare, 60 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History of Point Woodcock

Named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock (1789, p. 7), Royal Navy (RN), about April 24, 1787, for Joseph Woodcock, an apprentice aboard the King George, who was frequently sent ashore among the Indians as a hostage. Name shown only on his chart ( Wagner, 1937, p. 524).