Information About

Windfall Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Juneau

Part of:

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation:

200 ft (60.96 m)

About

in mouth of Windfall Harbor, on coast of Admiralty I., 29 mi. NNE of Angoon, Alex. Arch.

History of Windfall Island

Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sitka D-1 (1948), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-1 NW (2017),

Places Near Windfall Island

Areas:

Pack Creek Co-op Management Area, Pack Creek Research Natural Area,

Bays:

Fool Inlet, King Salmon Bay, Swan Cove, Windfall Harbor, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Flaw Point, Grave Point, Late Point, Station Point, Staunch Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal,

Islands:

Buck Island, Bug Island, Dorn Island, Faust Island, Grand Island, South Island, Swan Island, Tiedeman Island, Windfall Island,

Lakes:

Beaver Lake, Buck Lake, Coo Lake, Doe Lake, Hasselborg Lake, McKinney Lake, Sikady Lake, Slide Lake,

Mountains:

Irving Peak, Thayer Mountain,

Parks:

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park,

Rivers:

King Salmon River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Pack Creek,

Routes:

Hasselborg-McKinney Trail,