59 ° 2' 3.71" N,
137 ° 10' 31.411" W
Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
6545 ft (1994.92 m)
In Glacier Bay National Monument, on the Alaska-British Columbia boundary, 5 mi SW of Tarr Inlet, 72 mi. WSW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.
Named by Canada in 1929 for John Preston Forde, an engineer of the Public Works Dept. of the Dominion of Canada, who visited Tarr Inlet in 1925 and 1928 and measured the recession of the glacier at the head of the inlet.
Johns Hopkins Inlet, Tarr Inlet,
Capes:Glaciers:Charley Glacier, Grand Pacific Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, John Glacier, Jones Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Margerie Glacier, Topeka Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,
Mountains:Mount Barnard, Mount Cooper, Mount Forde, Mount Salisbury, Mount Turner,