Information About

North Rapid

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 28' 0.001" N,
135 ° 33' 10.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

135 ft (41.15 m)

North Rapid in Detail.

About

in Rose Channel, in Peril Strait, 25 mi. SE of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.

History

name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 163). "At this point, at cetain stages of the tide, the so-called First or Northern Rapid is formed, consisting of a race of great force and velocity."

Topo Maps

Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka B-5 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka B-5 (1996), Sitka B-5 NW (2017),

Places Near North Rapid

Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Deep Bay, Douglass Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Nakwasina Bay, Nismeni Cove, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Patterson Bay, Poison Cove, Rodman Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Kakul, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Nismeni Point, Pedersen Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Reynard Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, Kakul Narrows, Neva Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Entrance Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Highwater Island, Hoggatt Island, Kane Islands, Krugloi Islands, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Moser Island, Otstoia Island, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sinitsin Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Finger Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,