Information About

Poison Cove

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 31' 10.999" N,
135 ° 35' 13.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Poison Cove in Detail.

About

7 mi. S of Hoonah Sound, on S coast of Chichagof I., 22 mi. SE of Chichagof, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1869 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 163). This name was given because "near here 150 Aleuts were killed in 1799 from eating poisonous mussels."

Topo Maps

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Places Near Poison Cove

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Deep Bay, Douglass Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Fish Bay, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Kalinin Bay, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Nismeni Cove, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Patterson Bay, Poison Cove, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Kakul, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Kalinin Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Nismeni Point, Pedersen Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Reynard Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Yellow Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, Kakul Narrows, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Hoggatt Island, Kane Islands, Krugloi Islands, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Moser Island, Otstoia Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sinitsin Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Finger Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,