Information About

Big Branch Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 21' 6.998" N,
134 ° 49' 30" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Big Branch Bay in Detail.

About

empties into Branch Bay, 9 mi. NW of village of Port Alexander, on S coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.; 0.5 mile wide.

History

Name published by US@C&GS in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 133); derived from "Bolshoy Rukav" meaning "big sleeve"; published in 1850 by the Russian American Company.

Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander B-3 and B-4 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander B-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Big Branch Bay

Cities:

Big Port Walter,

Archipelagos:

Redfish Islets,

Areas:

Eagle Rocks,

Bars:

Breakfast Rock, Fivefathom Patch, Redfish Breaker, Reef Shoal, Tenfathom Anchorage,

Bays:

Port Herbert, Port Alexander, Port Armstrong, Port Conclusion, Port Herbert, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Big Branch Bay, Big Port Walter, Branch Bay, Byron Bay, Close Bay, Codfish Cove, Deep Cove, Denmark Cove, Driftwood Cove, Graveyard Cove, Jerry Harbor, John Bay, Larch Bay, Little Branch Bay, Little Puffin Bay, Lovers Cove, Miner Cove, Mist Cove, Ommaney Bay, Puffin Bay, Redfish Bay, Sandy Bay, Ship Cove, Snipe Bay, Still Harbor, Toledo Harbor,

Capes:

Point Conclusion, Point Eliza, Armstrong Point, Bobrovoi Point, Cape Ommaney, Granite Point, Hutchinson Point, Inner Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, Mussel Point, Overhang Point, Patterson Point, Puffin Point, Redfish Cape, Redfish Point,

Channels:

First Narrows, Second Narrows,

Dams:

City of Port Alexander Dam, Lake Ospery Dam, Port Alexander Cold Storage Dam,

Hills:

Snipe Head,

Islands:

Beavertail Island, Big Branch Rock, Bush Rock, Clam Island, First Kekur, Flotsam Island, Midway Island, Onetree Rock, Reef Rock, Sea Lion Rocks, Second Kekur, Third Kekur, Viking Rock, Wooden Island,

Lakes:

Antipatr Lake, Baturin Lake, Betty Lake, Borodino Lake, Clarks Pond, Cliff Lake, Deer Lake, Fawn Lake, Island Lake, Jetty Lake, Khvostof Lake, Leona Lake, Ludvik Lake, Maksoutof Lake, Nakvassin Lake, Lake Osprey, Plotnikof Lake, Rezanof Lake, Rostislaf Lakes, Round Lake, Sashin Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Grouse Peak, Mount Hagemeister, Mount Kolloen, Mount Muravief, Ommaney Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, Mount Rudakof, Mount Stoeckel,

Rivers:

Maksoutof River,

Streams:

Conclusion Creek, Deer Creek, Sashin Creek,

Cities:

Port Alexander, Port Armstrong,