Information About

Tongass Narrows

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Tongass Narrows on The Map

Location

55 ° 23' 19" N,
131 ° 45' 7.999" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Tongass Narrows in Detail.

About

connects W end of Behm Canal with Revillagigedo Channel, between Gravina and Revillagigedo Is., SE end is divided by Pennock I. into East and West Channels, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by local pilots about 1878-80; published in 1885 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Places Near Tongass Narrows
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bailey Rock, Bittersweet Rock, Bolles Ledge, California Rock, Idaho Rock, Lewis Reef, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Pond Reef, Potter Rock, Rosa Reef, Walden Rocks,

Bays:

Annette Bay, Bald Headed Cove, Black Sand Cove, Blank Inlet, Bond Bay, Bostwick Inlet, Clam Cove, Grant Cove, Knudson Cove, Long Arm, Moser Bay, Mud Bay, Naha Bay, Nelson Cove, Open Bay (not official), Phocana Bay, Phocena Bay, Radenbough Cove, Refuge Cove, Seal Cove, Smugglers Cove, Sylburn Harbor, Totem Bight, Vallenar Bay, Ward Cove, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Higgins, Bar Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Bostwick Point, Caamano Point, Charcoal Point, Cod Point, Donnelly Point, Driest Point, Gravina Point, Lewis Point, Mountain Point, Peninsula Point, Potter Point, Race Point, Rock Point, South Vallenar Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point, Walden Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Inside Passage, Nichols Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan, Saxman,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Ketchikan Debris Control Dam, Ketchikan Diversion Dam, Ketchikan Lakes Dam, Lake Connell Dam, North Fawn Lake Dam, Saxman Dam, Saxman Lower Reservoir Dam, South Fawn Lake Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain, Judy Hill, Level Mountain,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Cache Island, Cedar Island, Channel Island, Clover Island, Danger Island, Dogfish Island, East Clump, East Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Guard Islands, Hump Island, Joe Island, Moser Island, Pennock Island, Pup Island, Seal Cove Rocks, Stack Island, Trunk Island, Vallenar Rock,

Lakes:

Blue Lake, Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Connell Lake, Downdraft Lake, Lake Emery Tobin, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Granite Basin, Harriet Hunt Lake, Jordan Lake, Leask Lake, Lower and Upper Ketchikan Lakes, Lower Ketchikan Lake, Lower Wolf Lake, Lake Perseverance, Roosevelt Lagoon, Scout Lake, Talbot Lake, Upper Ketchikan Lake, Upper Mahoney Lake, Upper Wolf Lake, Ward Lake, Whitman Lake,

Mountains:

Achilles Mountain, Anvil Mountain, Betton Head, Bingo Mountain, Brown Mountain, Buck Mountain, Chapin Peak, Curve Mountain, Deer Mountain, Deer Mountains, Diana Mountain, Doe Mountain, Dude Mountain, Fawn Mountain, Fish Mountain, Flat Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, John Mountain, Juno Mountain, Mahoney Mountain, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Northbird, Nubbins Mountain, Plain Mountain, Punch Hill, The Puppets, Red Mountain, Round Mountain, Roy Jones Mountain, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Rivers:

Naha River, White River,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, Emma Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail, Dude Mountain Trail, Mahoney Mountain Spur, Minerva Mountain Trail, Naha River Trail, Perseverance Trail, Silvis Lakes Traverse, Ward Lake Trail, Wolf Lake Trail,

Cities:

Carlanna, Clover Pass, Dairy, Loring, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Pennock Island, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,