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Rousseau Range

Rousseau Range

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Parent:
Elevation:
  • 3209 ft (978.1 m)
About

extends W from Portland Canal, N of Peabody Mts., Coast Mts.

History of Rousseau Range

Named in 1868 by Staff Commander David Pender, Royal Navy (RN), possibly for General Lovell H. Rousseau, who accepted the territory of Alaska for the United States in 1867, in a ceremony with Russian representatives at Sitka.