Information About

Port Tongass

Quick Facts

Region:

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City:

Metlakatla

About

1.5 miles long. extends N between Tongass I. and mainland, Coast Mts.

History of Port Tongass

Lieutenant Commander Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), reported, in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 79), Port Tongass is a small harbor, ***." The Russians who used this harbor called it "Tlehonsiti." (Baker 1906 p. 632).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Prince Rupert (1951), Prince Rupert D-3 (1955), Prince Rupert D-3 (1955), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959),

Places Near Port Tongass

Cities:

Tongass,

Archipelagos:

Lord Islands,

Areas:

Gilanta Rocks,

Bars:

Craig Rock, Passage Rock, Tongass Reef,

Bays:

Boat Harbor, Harry Bay, Nakat Bay, Nakat Harbor, Nakat Inlet, Regina Cove, Very Inlet, Willard Inlet,

Capes:

Point Mansfield, Cape Fox, Dark Point, Fort Point, Garnet Point, High Point, Humpy Point, Island Point, Katakwa Point, Ledge Point, Male Point, Simonton Point, Surprise Point, Tree Point,

Channels:

Edward Passage, Lincoln Channel, Port Tongass, Sitklan Passage, Tongass Passage,

Hills:

Cove Hill, Fox Hill, Klan Hill,

Islands:

Boat Rock, Fillmore Island, Fleece Rock, Fox Island, Just Island, Kanagunut Island, Lord Rock, Observation Rock, Sitklan Island, Slim Island, Thistle Rock, Tingberg Island, Tongass Island, Track Rock,

Lakes:

Nakat Lake,

Mountains:

Arm Mountain, Cone Mountain, Green Ridge, Harry Saddle, High Mountain, Nakat Mountain, Round Hill, Shed Mountain,

Ridges:

Harbor Ridge, Loaf Ridge, Peninsula Ridge,