Information About

Brownson Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Brownson Bay on The Map

Location

54 ° 43' 0.001" N,
132 ° 15' 1.001" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Kasaan

Brownson Bay in Detail.

About

extends N from Dixon Entrance, on S coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. 4 miles long.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Commander Willard Herbert Brownson, U.S. Navy (USN); published in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 85).

Topo Maps

Dixon Entrance C-1 (1948), Dixon Entrance C-1 (1948), Dixon Entrance C-1 (1948), Dixon Entrance (1951), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance C-1 NW (2017),
Places Near Brownson Bay
Cities:

Klinkwan,

Areas:

Guide Rocks,

Bars:

Bird Rocks, Brown Bear Rock,

Bays:

Biscuit Lagoon, Brownson Bay, Hessa Inlet, Hunter Bay, Klinkwan Cove, Little Brownson Bay, Minnie Bay, Minnie Cutoff, Nichols Bay, Ruth Bay, The Saitchuck, Short Arm Kendrick Bay, South Arm Kendrick Bay, Tah Bay, West Arm Kendrick Bay, Winter Bay,

Capes:

Point Marsh, Point Nunez, Davidson Point, Far Point, Grave Point, Gusdagane Point, Leading Point, Mexico Point, Surf Point, Tum Point, Whirlpool Point,

Channels:

Bert Millar Cutoff, Buschmann Pass, Eureka Channel, Hessa Narrows, Kelp Passage, Little Pass, The Narrows, Rocky Pass, Ruth Cutoff, Thompson Passage,

Hills:

Biscuit Knob,

Islands:

Anchor Island, Barrier Islands, Bean Island, Black Rock, Center Island, Double Island, Douglass Island, Grass Peak, Grass Rock, The Haystack, Hessa Island, Klakas Island, Middle Island, Poe Island, Rhea Rocks, Round Island, Ruth Island, Seagull Island, Tah Island, Turn Island, Wallace Rock, White Rocks,

Lakes:

Hessa Lake, Nichols Lake,

Mountains:

Bokan Mountain, Nichols Mountain,