Information About

Point Louise

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Louise on The Map

Location

55 ° 32' 35.999" N,
130 ° 52' 5.002" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Saxman

Elevation

102 ft (31.09 m)

Point Louise in Detail.

About

on the mainland, S point of entrance to Rudyerd Bay, Behm Canal, Coast Mts.

History

Name published in 1899 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); originally named "New Eddystone Point" by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), August 9, 1793, "for a supposed resemblance to Eddystone (lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall) in England * * * (Wagner, 1937, p. 399-400).