Information About

Point Howe

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 29' 46" N,
132 ° 48' 58" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Petersburg

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Point Howe in Detail.

About

on S coast of Mitkof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named on August 29, 1793, by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "probably in honor of Richard Earl Howe, an admiral in the R.(oyal) N.(avy)" (Wagner, 1937, p. 392).

Topo Maps

Petersburg B-3 (1948), Petersburg B-3 (1948), Petersburg B-3 (1948), Petersburg B-3 (1951), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg B-3 (1995), Petersburg B-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Point Howe

Bars:

Burnt Island Reef, California Boulder Patch, Colorado Reef, Coply Reef, Midway Rock, North Ledge, South Ledge, Spike Rock,

Bays:

Baht Harbor, Deep Bay, Fritter Cove, Halfmoon Anchorage, Hoagies Hole, Ideal Cove, Little Baht Harbor, Meter Bight, Mud Bay, Roosevelt Harbor, Saint John Harbor, Woodpecker Cove,

Capes:

Point Saint John, Point Alexander, Point Howe, Point Humbug, Point Lockwood, Anchor Point, Blind Point, Boulder Point, Cosmos Point, Craig Point, Danger Point, December Point, Deception Point, False Island Point, Finger Point, Green Point, Hicks Point, Hood Point, Inlet Point, Island Point, Low Point, Middle Craig Point, No Thorofare Point, North Point, Rock Point, South Craig Point, Spruce Point, Vexation Point,

Channels:

Beecher Pass, Keene Channel, Stikine Strait, Wrangell Narrows,

Dams:

Crystal Lake Dam,

Flats:

Boulder Flats, North Flat, South Flat,

Islands:

Battery Islets, Big Bowlder, Big Saltery Island, Blind Island, Burnt Island, Bush Top Island, Christmas Island, Coney Island, Green Rocks, Jewell Island, Keene Island, Little Saltery Island, Mitkof Island, Northerly Island, Point Lockwood Rock, Southerly Island, Station Island, Two Tree Island, Vank Island, Vichnefski Rock, White Rock, Wilson Islands, Woewodski Island, Woody Island, Zarembo Island,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Green Rocks Lake,

Mountains:

Manzanita Peak, Sam Peak, Sumner Mountains,

Parks:

Beecher Pass State Marine Park, Ernie Haugen Public Use Area,

Mountain Passes:

Blind Slough, Blind Slough,

Rivers:

Blind River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Colorado Creek, Falls Creek, Ohmer Creek, Spirit Creek,

Routes:

Ideal Cove Trail,

Valleys:

Big Gulch,

Cities:

Saint John Harbor,