Information About

Wooden Island

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 9' 40" N,
134 ° 39' 31" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Angoon

Wooden Island in Detail.

About

S of Cape Ommaney, 6 mi. S of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), who called it "Woodens Rock " on August 24, 1794, "to commemorate Isaac Wooden ( a member of his party), who fell overboard and was drowned near this island" (Wagner, 1937, p. 422).