Information About

Candle Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Candle Island on The Map

Location

55 ° 23' 49.999" N,
130 ° 53' 48.001" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Saxman

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Candle Island in Detail.

About

in Behm Canal, S of Winstanley I., Coast Mts. 0.4 mile long.

History

Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for an engineer associated with the history of the Eddystone Lighthouse; published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 72).