Information About

Port Houghton

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Port Houghton on The Map

Location

57 ° 18' 58" N,
133 ° 19' 31.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kupreanof

Port Houghton in Detail.

About

11 miles long. Extends W from its North Arm to Stephens Passage, 9 mi. N of Frederick Sound and 75 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Named in August, 1794, by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), for a town in Norfolk, England (Wagner, 1937, p. 392).