Information About

Point Lucan

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 9' 0" N,
136 ° 22' 0.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Point Lucan in Detail.

About

on N tip of Althorp Peninsula, on Chichagof I., 0.8 mi. SE of Three Hill I., 34 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for the Countess of Lucan. Lucan was also the family name of the wife of the second Earl of Spencer (Wagner, 1937, p. 395).