Information About

Goose Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 23' 15" N,
132 ° 28' 48" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Kasaan

Goose Bay in Detail.

About

Extends SE 1.5 mi. off Polk Inlet, near center of Prince of Wales Island, 1 mi S of Little Goose Bay and 32 mi W of Ketchikan, Alex. Arch. 0.5 mile wide.

History

This Bay is called Goose Bay by local people because of a large population of Canada Geese; reported in 1961 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Places Near Goose Bay
Cities:

Chomly, Coppermount, Hadley, Hetta, Hollis, Sulzer,

Bars:

Black Rock, Lyman Rock,

Basins:

Jumbo Basin,

Bays:

Baronovichs Bay, Clark Bay, Coal Bay, Copper Harbor, Deer Bay, Goose Bay, Harris River Bay, Hollis Anchorage, Karta Bay, Kasaan Bay, Kina Cove, Linney Bay, Little Coal Bay, Little Goose Bay, McKenzie Inlet, Mills Bay, Paul Bight, Polk Inlet, Poor Man Bay, Portage Bay, Saltery Cove, Skowl Arm, Smith Cove, Smith Lagoon, South Arm Cholmondeley Sound, Twelvemile Arm, Twelvemile Arm Kasaan Bay, Twelvemile Bay, West Arm Cholmondeley Sound, Windfall Harbor,

Capes:

Adams Point, Althouse Point, Baker Point, Corbin Point, Divide Head, Figgins Point, Giants Head, Hetta Point, Kasaan Peninsula, Kasaan Point, Khayyam Point, Lyman Point, Mound Point, Outer Point, Sandy Point, Sawmill Point, Simmons Point, Skowl Point, Thumb Point,

Channels:

Connection Pass, Gould Passage, Sulzer Passage,

Cities:

Kasaan,

Islands:

Berry Island, Cat Island, Daisy Island, Dell Island, East Sentinel Island, Gould Island, Jarvis Island, Jumbo Island, Kasaan Island, Loy Island, McKenzie Rock, Peacock Island, Pen Island, Round Island, Skowl Island, West Sentinel Island,

Lakes:

Eek Lake, Lake Gertrude, Hetta Lake, Lake Isabel, Ives Lake, Lake Josephine, Karta Lake, Kina Lake, Lake Marge, Lake Mary, Lake Mellen, Old Franks Lake, Rock Lake, Salmon Lake, Summit Lake, Wolf Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Andrew, Barren Mountain, Beaver Mountain, Billie Mountain, Clover Mountain, Copper Mountain, Granite Mountain, Green Monster Mountain, Hetta Mountain, Jacobs Mountain, Mount Jumbo, Kasaan Mountain, Nipple Butte, Rock Butte,

Rivers:

Harris River, Karta River,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Big Creek, Bully Boy Creek, Cabin Creek, Dog Salmon Creek, Flagstaff Creek, Halfmile Creek, Hetta Creek, Hundred Thousand Creek, Indian Creek, Jumbo Creek, Kina Creek, Linkum Creek, Maybeso Creek, Monument Creek, Old Franks Creek, Old Tom Creek, Omar Creek, Paul Young Creek, Perry Creek, Polk Creek, Poor Man Creek, Portage Creek, Reynolds Creek, Rock Creek, Sunny Creek, Virginia Creek, Wright Creek,

Routes:

Sulzer Portage,

Cities:

Dora Bay, Hollis, Old Kasaan, Polk Inlet,