Information About

False Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 57' 50" N,
134 ° 55' 28.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

False Bay in Detail.

About

17 mi. NE Tenakee Springs, on NE coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch. 1.5 miles wide.

History

Descriptive name given by fur traders prior to 1869 and published in 1869 by U. S. Navy on Hydrographic Chart 225. It is "* * * said to be fair anchorage in the summer but bad in blowy weather" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 181).

Topo Maps

Sitka D-3 (1948), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-3 (1997), Sitka D-3 NW (2017),

Places Near False Bay

Archipelagos:

Redcliff Islands,

Bays:

Cedar Cove, Coffee Cove, Cube Cove, False Bay, Fin Cove, Freshwater Bay, Game Cove, Hawk Inlet, Iyoukeen Cove, Jims Cove, Pavlof Harbor, Piledriver Cove, Pileriver Cove, Square Cove, Trap Bay, Wachusett Cove, Whitestone Harbor,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Point Augusta, Cannery Point, Columbia Point, Cube Point, East Point, East Point, Fishery Point, Flints Point, Hawk Point, Hill Point, Iyoukeen Peninsula, Point Marsden, North Passage Point, Outer Point, South Passage Point, West Point,

Islands:

Cedar Island, East Redcliff Island, Heidi Rock, Little Cedar Island, Pinnacle Rock, Rocky Island, West Redcliff Island,

Lakes:

Pavlof Lake, Peanut Lake,

Mine:

Kaiser Gypsum Mine,

Mountains:

Ridges:

Sonyakay Ridge,

Rivers:

Pavlof River, Salmon River,

Streams:

Fishery Creek, Greens Creek, Gypsum Creek, Harley Creek, Iyouktug Creek, Small Creek, Suntaheen Creek, Ward Creek, Wheeler Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Cities:

Cannery, Cube Cove, Freshwater Bay, Hawk Inlet,