Information About

Limestone Inlet

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 1' 58.001" N,
133 ° 58' 28.999" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Limestone Inlet in Detail.

About

on E shore of Stephens Passage, 2.5 mi. S of Taku Harbor and 25 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), who (in Baker, 190, p. 404) says, "* * * from a remarkable looking streak on the side of the mountain forming the west side of the inlet I called it Limestone Inlet * * *."

Topo Maps

Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River A-6 (1951), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River A-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Limestone Inlet

Cities:

Sikanasankian,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Bays:

Limestone Inlet, Mallard Cove, Slocum Inlet, Port Snettisham, Suicide Cove, Taku Harbor, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Arden Point, Bishop Point, Bogert Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, Glass Peninsula, Grave Point, Greely Point, Prospect Point, Sentinel Point, Sharp Point, Station Point, Stockade Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Stephens Passage,

Dams:

Taku Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Bug Island, Fannie Island, Grand Island, Midway Islands, Mist Island, South Island, Tiedeman Island,

Lakes:

Bart Lake, Crater Lake, Lake Dorothy, Lieuy Lake, Long Lake, Taku Lake,

Mine:

Friday Mine, Whigg Placer Mine,

Mountains:

Arthur Peak, Butler Peak, Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Washburn Peak, Webster Peak, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Whiting River,

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Dorothy Creek, Grindstone Creek, Limestone Creek, Mist Creek, Prospect Creek, Rhine Creek,

Cities:

Taku Harbor,