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Port Alexander

Port Alexander

Quick Facts

Region:

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City:

Angoon

Elevation:

39 ft (11.89 m)

About

Population 18, on SE coast of Baranof I., on W side of Chatham Strait, Alex. Arch.

History of Port Alexander

Fishing village, once the center of the largest trolling fleet in Alaska (Balcom, 1965, p. 67). Named for the estuary it is located on. Its population was 107 in 1930; 87 in 1939; and 22 in 1950. The Port Alexander post office was established in 1926.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Port Alexander A-2 (1948), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander A-2 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander A-2 NW (2017),

Places Near Port Alexander

Cities:

Big Port Walter,

Areas:

Bars:

Breakfast Rock, Tenfathom Anchorage,

Bays:

Port Herbert, Port Alexander, Port Armstrong, Port Conclusion, Port Herbert, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Big Branch Bay, Big Port Walter, Branch Bay, Codfish Cove, Denmark Cove, Driftwood Cove, Graveyard Cove, John Bay, Larch Bay, Little Branch Bay, Little Puffin Bay, Lovers Cove, Miner Cove, Ommaney Bay, Puffin Bay, Ship Cove, Toledo Harbor,

Capes:

Point Conclusion, Point Eliza, Armstrong Point, Bobrovoi Point, Cape Ommaney, Hutchinson Point, Inner Point, Overhang Point, Puffin Point,

Dams:

City of Port Alexander Dam, Lake Ospery Dam, Port Alexander Cold Storage Dam,

Islands:

Beavertail Island, Big Branch Rock, Clam Island, Flotsam Island, Sea Lion Rocks, Wooden Island,

Lakes:

Baturin Lake, Betty Lake, Borodino Lake, Clarks Pond, Island Lake, Jetty Lake, Leona Lake, Ludvik Lake, Nakvassin Lake, Lake Osprey, Round Lake, Sashin Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Grouse Peak, Mount Kolloen, Ommaney Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, Mount Rudakof,

Streams:

Conclusion Creek, Sashin Creek,

Cities:

Port Alexander, Port Armstrong,