Information About

Point Sykes

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Sykes on The Map

Location

55 ° 11' 31.999" N,
131 ° 5' 12.998" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Elevation

43 ft (13.11 m)

Point Sykes in Detail.

About

E point of entrance to Behm Canal, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 7, 1793, after John Sykes, a master's mate on the Discovery" (Wagner, 1937, p. 418).

Places Near Point Sykes
Cities:

Kah Shakes,

Bars:

Hog Rocks, White Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Bullhead Cove, Butlhead Cove, Customhouse Cove, Kah Shakes Cove, Kah Shakes Lagoon, Lucky Cove, Mary I Anchorage, Princess Bay, Reef Harbor, Smeaton Bay, Sykes Cove, Thorne Arm, Very Inlet,

Capes:

Point Nelson, Point Trollop, Point Alava, Ape Point, Bass Point, Cape Fox, Edge Point, Elf Point, Eve Point, Fox Point, Giant Point, Grave Point, Harding Point, Harris Point, Kah Shakes Point, Kirk Point, Mop Point, Pop Point, Quadra Point, Roe Point, Sharp Point, Point Sykes, Tent Point, Wasp Point, Whale Point, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Cat Passage, Danger Passage, Felice Strait, Narrow Pass, Revillagigedo Channel, Short Pass,

Hills:

Mound Hill,

Islands:

Bird Island, Black Island, Black Rock, Candle Island, Carp Island, Cat Island, Danger Island, Double Islands, Duck Islands, Fripo Island, House Rock, Lane Island, Little Rock, Mary Island, Minx Islands, Rudyerd Island, Slate Islands, Smeaton Island, Snail Rock, Snipe Island, Stag Island, Twin Islands, Village Island, Whale Rock,

Lakes:

Beaver Lake, Granite Lake, Kah Shakes Lake, Low Lake, Mesa Lake, Star Lake, Sykes Lake,

Mine:

Sealevel Mine,

Mountains:

Backbone Mountain, Behm Mountain, North Quadra Mountain, Notch Mountain, South Quadra Mountain,

Ridges:

Alava Ridge, Saw Ridge, Saw Ridge,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Carp Creek, Fish Creek, Gokachin Creek, Kah Shakes Creek, Sea Level Creek, Silver Creek, Winstanley Creek,

Routes:

Low Lake Trail, Mesa Lake Trail, Star Lake Spur,