Information About

Passage Canal

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Passage Canal on The Map

Location

60 ° 48' 52.999" N,
148 ° 31' 27.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Passage Canal in Detail.

About

on NE coast of Kenai Peninsula, trends NE from Whittier to S end of Port Wells, 36 mi. NW of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1794 by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 181), presumably because this body of water leads to a portage connecting Prince William Sound with Cook Inlet.