Information About

Pavlof River

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 50' 35.002" N,
135 ° 3' 9" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Length

8 mi (12.87 km)

Pavlof River in Detail.

About

on E coast of Chichagof I., flows E to Pavlof Harbor, 8 mi. NE of Tenakee Springs, Alex. Arch.

History

Local name reported in 1933 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS); named for Gerasin Vasilovich Pavlov, first assistant to the Russian Governor at the time of transfer of Alaska to the United States in 1867.