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Port Chatham

Port Chatham

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  • Kenai Peninsula
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on S coast of Kenai Peninsula, 2 mi. N of Elizabeth I. and 16 mi. S of Seldovia, Chugach mts. 1.5 miles wide.

History of Port Chatham

Named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 132), Royal Navy (RN), for one of his vessels, the tender H. M. S. Chatham. This is probably the bay named by Don Ignacio Arteaga on August 2, 1779 "Ensenada de Nuestra Senora de Regla."