Information About

Grand Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Grand Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 5' 44.002" N,
134 ° 7' 35" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

961 ft (292.91 m)

Grand Island in Detail.

About

in Stephens Passage, 2.5 mi. NW of Grave Point and 18 mi. SE of juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive name given by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published in 1869 on Navy Hydrographic Chart 225.

Places Near Grand Island
Cities:

Sikanasankian,

Areas:

Pack Creek Co-op Management Area, Pack Creek Research Natural Area,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, Green Cove, King Salmon Bay, Limestone Inlet, Oliver Inlet, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Sunny Cove, Swan Cove, Taku Harbor, Taku Inlet,

Beaches:

Ready Bullion Beach,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Grave Point, Greely Point, Icy Point, Jaw Point, Late Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Station Point, Stockade Point, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point, Twin Point,

Dams:

Taku Cannery Dam,

Hills:

Jamestown Hill, Taku Hill,

Islands:

Bug Island, Grand Island, Marmion Island, South Island, Swan Island, Windfall Island,

Lakes:

Bart Lake, Lake Dorothy, Lieuy Lake, Taku Lake,

Mine:

The Glory Hole,

Mountains:

Arthur Peak, Butler Peak, Clark Peak, Groundhog Hill, Hawthorne Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Middle Peak, Mineral Hill, North Rhine Peak, Roberts Peak, Sheep Mountain, South Rhine Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Webster Peak, West Peak, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park, Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Hawthorne Ridge, Powerline Ridge, Sheep Creek Divide,

Rivers:

King Salmon River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bullion Creek, Carlson Creek, Dorothy Creek, Dupont Creek, Grindstone Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Ice Creek, Limestone Creek, Little Sheep Creek, Lurvey Creek, Nevada Creek, Pack Creek, Rhine Creek, Sheep Creek,

Routes:

Point Bishop - Dupont Trail,

Valleys:

Arctic Gulch, Crooked Gulch, Dix Gulch, Geary Gulch, Glacier Basin, Goldstein Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hardscrabble Gulch, Icy Gulch, Lurvey Basin, Marmot Valley, Prospect Gulch, Roberts Gulch, Sheep Creek Basin, Specimen Creek, Spring Gulch, Timber Gulch,

Cities:

Taku Harbor, Thane,

Waterfalls:

Alaska Chief Falls, Grindstone Falls, Lost Rocker Falls,