Information About

Stockade Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Stockade Point on The Map

Location

58 ° 3' 25.999" N,
134 ° 1' 18.001" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

135 ft (41.15 m)

Stockade Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Stephens Passage, at mouth of Taku Harbor, 2 mi. NW of Limestone Inlet and 22 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

So named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), because the ruins of a blockhouse and stockade built by the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1840-41 were on the point. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 169).