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Eliza Harbor

Eliza Harbor

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Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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on SE coast of Admiralty I., 26 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch. 7 miles long.

History of Eliza Harbor

Discovered in 1799 by "Mr. Bumstead" of the fur trading ship Eliza, out of Boston, commanded by "Captain Rowan." Mr. Bumstead, with members of the crew in a whale boat, "finally * * * got in and opened a fine harbor, completely land-locked, which, as our Indian navigator informed us had no name, we called Eliza Harbour, in compliment to our ship." (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 130).