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Mist Cove

Mist Cove

Region:
  • Sitka
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About

at W point of entrance to Patterson Bay, 19 mi. N of village of Port Alexander, on SE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History of Mist Cove

Descriptive name given in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because "a high waterfall into the cove causes a heavy mist at all times"; previously named "Deep Cove" by U.S. Forest Service (USFS).