Information About

Passage Canal

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Passage Canal on The Map

Location

60 ° 48' 52.999" N,
148 ° 31' 27.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Passage Canal in Detail.

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

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.

Topo Maps

Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward D-5 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-5 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-5 SE (1984), Seward D-5 (1995),
Places Near Passage Canal
Bays:

Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Hollow Bight, Logging Camp Bay, Passage Canal, Pigot Bay, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Smitty's Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Cities:

Whittier,

Glaciers:

Beloit Glacier, Bettles Glacier, Billings Glacier, Blackstone Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Cataract Glacier, Concordia Glacier, Cotterell Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Glacier G211360E60891N, Harriman Glacier, Lawrence Glacier, Learnard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Marquette Glacier, Milton Glacier, Northland Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Ripon Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Seth Glacier, Shakespeare Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Twentymile Glacier, Wedge Glacier, Whittier Glacier,

Islands:

Emerald Island, Willard Island,

Lakes:

Lake Shrode,

Mine:

Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Baird Peak, Bard Peak, Mount Luther Kelly, Pigot Benchmark, Shakespeare Shoulder,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Learnard Peak, Lowell Peak, Mismapped Mountain, Passage Peak, Pico España, Vigesimal Peak,

Streams:

Billings Creek, Cove Creek, Hummer Creek, Whittier Creek, Whittier Creek,

Routes:

Portage Pass Trail,