Information About

Dixon Entrance

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Dixon Entrance on The Map

Location

54 ° 43' 0.001" N,
131 ° 31' 17" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Dixon Entrance in Detail.

About

Located between Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada and Alexander Archipelago.

History

Named in 1787 by Sir Joseph Banks for Captain George Dixon, who visited it and called it "Dixons Straits" (Wagner, 1937, p. 385). Baker (1906, p. 220) says "Dixon's Entrance was discovered by the Spaniards (probably Juan Perez), in 1774, and called Entrada de Perez (Perez Entrance). Meares at about the same time named it Douglass Entrance, after Captain William Douglass (or Douglas)" * * * To its northeastern part he applied the name Buccleugh Sound, which he also spelled Bucclugh * * *." The Tlingit Indian name was published in Russian as Prol (iv) Kaygany, or "Kaygany Strait," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 9). The name "Proliv Granitsy," meaning "boundary strait," was published for this feature in 1853 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1493. See Wagner (1937, p. 461-Hancocks Straits). (AK-T1)

Topo Maps

Prince Rupert (1951), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959), Prince Rupert (1959),
Places Near Dixon Entrance
Areas:

Bee Rocks, Club Rocks,

Bars:

East Bee Rock, Hassler Reef, Sealing Reef,

Bays:

Hall Cove,

Capes:

Cape Northumberland, Cape Northumberland,

Channels:

Dixon Entrance,

Islands:

Barren Island, Duke Island, Vancouver Island, West Bee Rock, West Rock, White Rock,

Lakes:

Orchard Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Lazaro,

Mountain Passes:

Sealed Passage,