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Seduction Point

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Location

59 ° 4' 57" N,
135 ° 18' 23" W

Region

Haines

Nearest City

Parent

Chilkat Peninsula

Seduction Point in Detail.

About

on S tip of Chilkat Peninsula, 2.6 mi. SE of Kalhagu Cove, on Chilkat Inlet, 26 mi. S of Skagway, Coast Mts.

History

So named by Capt, Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 248), RN, beacause of the designing nature of the Tlingits whom Joseph Whidbey encountered here, July 16 , 1794. It was called "M(ys) Seduktion," Russian Translation of the name "Seduction," on Chart 1396 of the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1848. Captain M. D. Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), recorded it as "M(ys) Soblazna," meaning "Cape Seduction," in 1852. In 1867, George Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), called the point "Seduction Tongue."

Seduction Point Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Seduction Point.

Topo Maps

Skagway A-1 (1948), Skagway A-1 (1948), Skagway A-1 (1948), Skagway A-1 (1951), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway A-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Seduction Point

Cities:

Archipelagos:

Chilkat Islands,

Bars:

Indian Rock, Jenkins Rock, Johnson Rock, McClellan Flats,

Bays:

Carrs Cove, Chilkat Inlet, Chilkoot Inlet, Kalhagu Cove, Kelgaya Bay, Letnikof Cove, Mud Bay, Paradise Cove, Portage Cove, Pyramid Harbor, Rescue Harbor, Shiyi Bay, Tanani Bay,

Beaches:

Tanani Beach, Tlegu Beach,

Capes:

Anchorage Point, Battery Point, Chilkat Peninsula, False Battery Point, Glacier Point, Green Point, Kaskulu Point, Kelgaya Point, Lehunua Point, Low Point, Nukdik Point, Seduction Point, Taiya Point, Tanani Point,

Cities:

Dams:

Haines Army Depot Water Supply Dam, Louie Nelson Homestead Dam,

Fictional Places:

Glaciers:

Davidson Glacier, Villard Glacier,

Islands:

Anyaka Island, Dalasuga Island, Eldred Rock, Kataguni Island, Kochu Island, Lehunua Island, Pyramid Island, Shikosi Island, Sullivan Island, Sullivan Rock, Talsani Island,

Lakes:

Independence Lake, Lily Lake, Paradise Lake, Rustabach Lake, Rutzebeck Lake,

Mine:

Horrible Mine, Ivanhoe Mine, Ophir Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Riley, Mount Ripinski, Sinclair Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Mount Villard,

Parks:

Chilkat Islands State Marine Park, Chilkat State Park,

Peaks:

Devils Fist, Outkaste Picket, Pheobe Peak, Rage Against the Machine, Rockfall Tower, Rotting Death Spire, Satans Mistress, Selby, Sophia Peak, Termination Peak, The Trickster, Twin, Unholy Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Rivers:

Chilkat River, Ferebee River, Glacier River, Katzehin River,

Streams:

Dayehas Creek, Johnson Creek, Ludaseska Creek, Mink Creek, Ophir Creek, Sherman Creek, Yeldagalga Creek,

Routes:

Mount Riley Trail, Battery Point Trail, Mount Ripinsky and 7 Mile Saddle Trail, Nahku Portage, Seduction Point Trail,

Cities:

Mud Bay, Port Chilkoot, Tanani,