History of Possession

This is the site of a small Tanaina Indian village occupied only during the summer (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1964, p. 79). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 5), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called the nearby point Mys Naseleniya, meaning Populated Cape, indicating a settlement here.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Possession

Fire Island Shoal, West Point Shoal,

Shelter Bay,

Point Possession, Race Point, West Point,

Fire Island,

Angler Lake, Aspen Lake, Barbara Lake, Bedlam Lake, Bedlam Lake, Bedlam Lakes, Birch Tree Lake, Bird Lake, Campers Lake, Cook Lake, Crooked Lake, Diamond Lake, Dipper Lake, Eider Lake, Gene Lake, Ilerum Lake, Kakoon Lake, Kenaitze Lake, Kraenberi Lake, Kuguyuk Lake, Lark Lake, Lower Tangerra Lake, Lynx Lake, McLain Lake, Moon Lake, Mull Lake, Neckshortka Lake, Norak Lake, Nuthatch Lake, Olsjold Lake, Pepper Lake, Phalarope Lake, Sandpiper Lake, Shoepac Lake, Snowflake Lake, Sportfish Lake, Swanson Lake, Swanson Lakes, Taiga Lake, Tangerra Lake, Tangerra Lake, Trigger Lake, Twig Lake, Two Island Lake, Vogel Lake, Warbler Lake, Wild Lake, Wilderness Lake, Wonder Lake, Woods Lake,

Bedlam Creek, Miller Creek, Pincher Creek,

Possession,