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Bell Island Hot Springs

Bell Island Hot Springs

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 177 ft (53.95 m)
About

summer population 15, on N bank of Behm Canal at SW end of Bell I., Alex. Arch.

History of Bell Island Hot Springs

Hot springs resort probably named by George Roe who took this property as a homestead in 1902 and "erected a bathhouse and a number of cabins along a boardwalk extending to a landing place opposite the boat anchorage and developed the springs as a resort for the medicinal use of the water. On his death in 1914 the management of the place was continued by his brothers" (Waring, 1917, p. 19). The Bell Island post office was established here in 1932, discontinued in 1954 (Ricks, 1965, p. 6).