Information About

Guard Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 26' 46" N,
131 ° 52' 44" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Guard Islands in Detail.

About

two, larger of which is 600 ft. long, NW of Gravina I., between Clarence Strait and Tongass Narrows, Alex. Arch.

History

Named about 1880 by local navigators; reported by US@C&GS.

Places Near Guard Islands
Archipelagos:

Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bittersweet Rock, Bolles Ledge, Lewis Reef, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Pond Reef, Rosa Reef,

Bays:

Blank Inlet, Bond Bay, Bostwick Inlet, Francis Cove, Grant Cove, Helm Bay, Knudson Cove, Moser Bay, Mud Bay, Naha Bay, Raymond Cove, Refuge Cove, Smugglers Cove, Totem Bight, Vallenar Bay, Wadding Cove, Ward Cove,

Capes:

Point Higgins, Bar Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Caamano Point, Charcoal Point, Chasina Point, Escape Point, Helm Point, Indian Point, Lewis Point, Mike Point, Peninsula Point, Potter Point, Rock Point, South Vallenar Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Inside Passage, Tongass Narrows,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Lake Connell Dam,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Cache Island, Cedar Island, Channel Island, Chasina Island, Clover Island, Danger Island, East Clump, East Island, Forss Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Guard Islands, Hump Island, Joe Island, Moser Island, Pup Island, Skin Island, Stack Island, Thomas Island, Trunk Island, Vallenar Rock,

Lakes:

Bostwick Lake, Bugge Lake, Carlanna Lake, Connell Lake, Helm Lake, Lake Perseverance, Smugglers Lake, Ward Lake,

Mountains:

Betton Head, Curve Mountain, Flat Mountain, Gold Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Juno Mountain, Mount Marr, Nipple Mountain, Plain Mountain, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, Falls Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Granite Creek, Hoadley Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Smugglers Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walker Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Minerva Mountain Trail, Perseverance Trail, Ward Lake Trail,

Cities:

Carlanna, Clover Pass, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,