Information About

Blind River

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 36' 47.999" N,
132 ° 48' 56.002" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Blind River in Detail.

About

flows NW to Blind Slough, 16 mi. SE of Petersburg, on Mitkof I., Alex. Arch. 3 miles long.

History

Name published in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 132) by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); previously known as "Blind Passage" because it was supposed that there was a passage here connecting Wrangell Narrows and Sumner Strait, described as being "dry at low water." Name published in 1850 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1441 as "Sukhoy Proliv," meaning "dry strait."

Topo Maps

Petersburg C-3 (1948), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg C-3 (1953), Petersburg C-3 (1953), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg C-3 SE (1992), Petersburg C-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Blind River

Cities:

Bars:

Burnt Island Reef, California Boulder Patch, Colorado Reef, Coply Reef, Midway Rock, North Ledge, Prolewy Rocks, South Ledge, Spike Rock,

Bays:

Baht Harbor, Deep Bay, Halfmoon Anchorage, Hoagies Hole, Ideal Cove, Little Baht Harbor, Long Pond, Mud Bay, Roosevelt Harbor, Saint John Harbor, Scow Bay, Woodpecker Cove,

Capes:

Point Saint John, Point Alexander, Point Howe, Point Humbug, Point Lockwood, Anchor Point, Bayou Point, Blind Point, Blunt Point, Boulder Point, Cosmos Point, Craig Point, Danger Point, December Point, Deception Point, False Island Point, Finger Point, Frederick Point, Green Point, Hicks Point, Hood Point, Inlet Point, Island Point, Low Point, Middle Craig Point, Mountain Point, No Thorofare Point, North Point, Rock Point, Spruce Point, Turn Point, Vexation Point,

Channels:

Beecher Pass, Keene Channel, Petersburg Bar Range, Wrangell Narrows,

Cities:

Cliffs:

Dams:

Crystal Lake Dam, Petersburg Dam, Petersburg Lower Reservoir Dam,

Fictional Places:

Flats:

Boulder Flats, North Flat, South Flat,

Islands:

Battery Islets, Big Bowlder, Big Saltery Island, Blind Island, Burnt Island, Bush Top Island, Christmas Island, Coney Island, Green Rocks, Jewell Island, Keene Island, Little Saltery Island, Mitkof Island, Northerly Island, Point Lockwood Rock, Sasby Island, Southerly Island, Station Island, Two Tree Island, Vank Island, Vichnefski Rock, White Rock, Wilson Islands, Woewodski Island, Woody Island,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Green Rocks Lake, Petersburg Reservoir,

Mountains:

Manzanita Peak, Sam Peak, Sumner Mountains, Survey Mountains, Thunder Mountain,

Parks:

Beecher Pass State Marine Park, Ernie Haugen Public Use Area,

Mountain Passes:

Blind Slough, Blind Slough,

Rivers:

Streams:

Bear Creek, Coho Creek, Colorado Creek, Falls Creek, Japanese Creek, Moonshine Creek, Ohmer Creek, Petersburg Creek, Spirit Creek, Taain Creek, Twin Creek,

Cities:

Routes:

Ideal Cove Trail, Raven Trail,

Valleys:

Cities:

Doyhof, Saint John Harbor, Scow Bay,