Information About

Rescue Harbor

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 55' 59.999" N,
135 ° 18' 0" W

Region

Haines

Nearest City

Rescue Harbor in Detail.

About

on E coast of Sullivan I., in Lynn Canal, 35 mi. S of Skagway, Coast Mts.

History

So named in 1868 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), because it was here that the American schooner Louisa Downs was wrecked in 1867 and six persons were rescued by the U.S.S. Saginaw, which Meade commanded (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1891, p. 196).

Topo Maps

Juneau D-4 (1949), Juneau D-4 (1949), Juneau D-4 (1949), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau D-4 (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau D-4 NW (2017),

Places Near Rescue Harbor

Archipelagos:

Chilkat Islands,

Bars:

Bays:

Kalhagu Cove, Rescue Harbor, William Henry Bay,

Capes:

Glacier Point, Lance Point, Lehunua Point, Seduction Point, Point Sherman,

Glaciers:

Davidson Glacier,

Islands:

Anyaka Island, Dalasuga Island, Eldred Rock, Kataguni Island, Kochu Island, Lehunua Island, Shikosi Island, Sullivan Island, Sullivan Rock, Talsani Island,

Lakes:

Independence Lake, Rustabach Lake, Rutzebeck Lake,

Mountains:

Sinclair Mountain, Sullivan Mountain,

Parks:

Chilkat Islands State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Devils Fist, Outkaste Picket, Pheobe Peak, Rockfall Tower, Rotting Death Spire, Satans Mistress, Selby, Sophia Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Rivers:

Endicott River, Glacier River,

Streams:

Ludaseska Creek, Ophir Creek, Sherman Creek, Sweeny Creek, William Henry Creek, Yeldagalga Creek,

Routes:

Seduction Point Trail,