History of Big Gavanski Island

Named "Ostrov Gavanskoy Bolshoy," meaning "big harbor island"; in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Big Gavanski Island

Fort Saint Michael,

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Magoun Islands, Taigud Islands,

Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Columbine Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank, Wyvill Reef,

Billy Basin,

Port Krestof, Aleutkina Bay, Birdsnest Bay, Camp Coogan Bay, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Crescent Bay, Deep Inlet, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Gilmer Cove, Jamestown Bay, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Leesoffskaia Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, No Thorofare Bay, Pirate Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Point Brown, Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Mountain Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Povorotni Point, Rob Point, Shoals Point, Silver Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Zeal Point,

East Channel Hayward Strait, Eastern Channel, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Sitka,

Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Port Anna,

Castle Hill,

Aleutski Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Emgeten Island, Entrance Island, Error Island, Fassett Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Galankin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Guide Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Korga Island, Krestof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Luce Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Passage Islands, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Whitestone Rock, Zenobia Rock,

Cold Storage Lake, Heart Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Annahootz Mountain, Arrowhead Peak, Cross Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Kinkaid, Krestof Mountain, Mount Longenbaugh, Mount Rosenberg, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Verstovia,

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

The Pyramids, The Sisters,

Gavan Hill,

Coxe River, Indian River, Katlian River,

Cascade Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Mount Verstovia Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Indian River Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,