History of Weare Dike

Site of a dike shown on a 1916 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map; name derived from "the Portus B. Weare (that) was the first steamboat of the N.A.T. and T. Company, built in 1892 at Fort Get There, Alaska. She was named for Portus B. Weare, of Chicago, one of the organizers of the Company." (Curtin, 1938, p. 280). "During the winter of 1898-99 the Weare *** wintered about fifteen miles below Russian Mission, where she was stuck in the open river, near the bank. A breakwater was built in front of her at a cost of five thousand dollars, and she was saved from the ice jam in the spring. The nreakwater must have stood, for on U.S. (Geological) Survey Mpas made *** in 1916 the place is marked, and named 'Weare Dyke'" (p. 283).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Weare Dike

Round Point,

Serpentine Bluff,

Weare Dike,

Cunningham Mountain, Engineer Hill,

Blade Island, Elsie Island,

Engineer Lake,

Akahamut,

Willow Creek Mine,

Bend Mountain, Mount Okumiak, Roundabout Mountain, Ungalak Mountain,

Cross Slough,

East Fork Spruce Creek, East Fork Willow Creek, Engineer Creek, Faith Creek, Joe Wise Creek, McNeill Creek, Number 1 Creek, Owl Creek, Slope Creek, Washburn Slough, Willow Creek, Zone Creek,

Glenn Gulch,

Kakamut, Ohogamiut, Toklik, Willow Creek,