Information About

Upper Checats Lake

Upper Checats Lake

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 3.6 mi (5.79 km)
Elevation:
  • 709 ft (216.1 m)
About

3 mi. E of Behm Canal between Punchbowl and Winstanley Lakes, Coast Mts.

History of Upper Checats Lake

Tlingit Indian name recorded in 1955 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); reported as "Checats Lake" in 1897 by Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN).