Information About

Brown Bear Head Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Brown Bear Head Island on The Map

Location

56 ° 39' 22" N,
133 ° 42' 56.002" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Brown Bear Head Island in Detail.

About

In Keku Strait, 1000ft S of Beck Island and 31 mi SW of Petersburg.

History

Name derived from a reported incident in which a young Indian man was killed by a Brown Bear, and later, when the bear was killed, its head was impaled on a pole on the island.