Information About

Junction Island

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Location

57 ° 59' 48.001" N,
136 ° 18' 56.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Junction Island in Detail.

About

in central Lisianski Inlet, on NW coast of Chichagof I., 4 mi. NW of Pelican, Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive name given by US@C&GS in 1908 and published in the 1908 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 169). So named because it is near the junction of Lisianski with Lisianski Strait. The local name was Bill Island, named for superintendent of the Dundas Bay Company in 1908.

Topo Maps

Sitka D-7 (1951), Sitka D-7 (1951), Sitka D-7 (1951), Sitka D-7 (1951), Sitka D-7 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-7 (1997), Sitka D-7 NW (2017),

Places Near Junction Island

Archipelagos:

George Islands, Palmtree Islands, Porcupine Islands,

Areas:

Bars:

Porcupine Rock, Star Rock,

Basins:

Bays:

Port Althorp, Baker Cove, Bertha Bay, Canoe Cove, Constantine Cove, Cross Sound, Davison Bay, Elfin Cove, Goulding Harbor, Granite Cove, Greentop Harbor, Idaho Inlet, Ilin Bay, Islas Bay, Lisianski Inlet, Lost Cove, Lumber Cove, Mirror Harbor, Mite Cove, Pelican Harbor, Porcupine Bay, Salt Chuck Bay, Soapstone Cove, Squid Bay, Stag Bay, Takanis Bay, West Arm Mirror Harbor, Zhilo Cove,

Capes:

Point Partennoi, Point Razbitie, Point Satchrun, Point Shultz, Point Simonds, Point Theodore, Point Urey, Point Weigle, Point Dougherty, Point Lucan, Althorp Peninsula, Cape Bingham, Column Point, False Point, Inian Peninsula, Rock Point, Soapstone Point, South Point,

Channels:

Canoe Pass, Caution Passage, Lisianski Strait,

Cities:

Cliffs:

Dams:

Pelican Creek Dam,

Hot Springs:

White Sulphur Springs,

Islands:

Althorp Rock, Beric Island, Esther Island, Fairway Rock, Fleming Island, Gaff Rock, George Island, Grace Island, Greentop Island, Gull Rock, Junction Island, Kinky Island, Middle Island, Mindalina Island, Miner Island, Mite Island, Pluma Island, Post Island, Shaw Island, Shaw Islands, Skinner Island, Snag Island, Sushilna Island, Tentree Island, Three Hill Island, Threenob Rock, Winifred Island, Yakobi Island,

Lakes:

Lake Cunningham, Lake Morris, Lake Helen, Lake James, Duck Lake, Lake Elfendahl, Goose Lake, Goulding Lakes, Hoktaheen Lake, Otter Lake, Lake Smiley, Surge Lake, Takanis Lake, Wild Rice Lake,

Mine:

Apex Mine, Cobol Mine, El Nido Mine, Goldwin Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Althorp, Apex Mountain, Mount Baker, Mount Barness, Basalt Knob, Big Chief Mountain, Bingham Peak, Crag Mountain, Craig Mountain, Mount Crowther, Cub Mountain, Mount Douglas, Mount Drake, Mount Fritz, Mount Hill, Mine Mountain, Mineral Mountain, El Nido Peak, North Mountain, Pinnacle Mountain, Pinnacle Peak, Mount Raatikainen, Takanis Peak, Tarn Mountain, Vein Mountain, Wedge Mountain, Yakobi Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Canoe Slough, Fleming Channel, Sea Level Slough, West Arm,

Pillars:

Rivers:

Goulding River, Porcupine River, Saltery River, Stag River, Steelhead River, Stranger River, Trail River,

Streams:

Bohemia Creek, Cann Creek, Falls Creek, Fault Creek, Fox Creek, Marble Creek, Margret Creek, Meadow Creek, Pelican Creek, Phonograph Creek, Takanis Creek,

Routes:

Dry Pass Trail, Mine Mountain Trail, Takanis Lake Trail,

Cities:

Elfin Cove, Sunnyside,