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Passage Canal

Passage Canal

Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
About

on NE coast of Kenai Peninsula, trends NE from Whittier to S end of Port Wells, 36 mi. NW of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History of Passage Canal

Named in 1794 by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 181), presumably because this body of water leads to a portage connecting Prince William Sound with Cook Inlet.