Information About

Deadman Reach

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 32' 34.001" N,
135 ° 29' 28" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Deadman Reach in Detail.

About

in Peril Strait, off NW coast of DUFFIELD Peninsula at N tip of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 5 miles long.

History

So named "Deadman's Bay" in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 165), "because 150 Aleuts were killed in the vicinity in 1799 from eating poisonous mussels."

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Places Near Deadman Reach

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge,

Bays:

Appleton Cove, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Crab Bay, Deep Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Fish Bay, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Nismeni Cove, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Poison Cove, Rodman Bay, Rodman Bay, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Elizabeth, Point Kakul, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Island Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Nismeni Point, Pedersen Point, Peschani Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Yellow Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, Kakul Narrows, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Islands:

Andersen Island, Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Hoggatt Island, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Moser Island, Otstoia Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prince Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Scraggy Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Finger Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Duffield Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,