Information About

Nakat Inlet

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 53' 38" N,
130 ° 44' 29" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Nakat Inlet in Detail.

About

extends N from Ledge Point, at head of Nakat Bay, Coast Mts.

History

Tlingit Indian name possibly derived from the word "Nakatse" meaning "fox" (Krause, 1956, p. 256). Lieutenant Commander Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), writes in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Alaska Coast Pilot (1891, p. 79) "The body of water between Cape Fox and Tongass is sometimes called Nakat Inlet, but that name really applies only to the inlet proper," whose southern limit is at Ledge Point.