Information About

Point Nelson

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Nelson on The Map

Location

55 ° 18' 1.001" N,
130 ° 55' 32.002" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Saxman

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Point Nelson in Detail.

About

S point of entrance to Smeaton Bay, on E bank of Behm Canal, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 7, 1793, after Captain Horatio Nelson, (later, Lord Nelson) RN, * * *" (Wagner, 1937, p. 399).