Information About

Kah Shakes

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 2' 30.001" N,
130 ° 58' 30" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Elevation

105 ft (32 m)

Kah Shakes in Detail.

About

on shore of Kah Shakes Cove, near entrance to Boca de Quadra, Coast Mts.

History

Former Tlingit Indian village named for Kah Shakes, the chief of the village; published "Kah Shakes Cove," in the 1890 Census (p. 25). In the 1880 Census Petroff (1884, p. 32) reported "Kashs Village," population 49, located here, and "Shakes Village," population 38, on nearby Etolin Island. See Shakes Village.

Topo Maps

Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955),
Places Near Kah Shakes
Cities:

Kah Shakes,

Areas:

Gilanta Rocks,

Bars:

White Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Badger Bay, Bullhead Cove, Butlhead Cove, Foggy Bay, Kah Shakes Cove, Kah Shakes Lagoon, Sykes Cove, Very Inlet, Vixen Bay, Weasel Cove,

Capes:

Point Alava, Ape Point, Bass Point, Cape Fox, Foggy Point, Kah Shakes Point, Kirk Point, Lakekta Point, Orca Point, Porpoise Point, Quadra Point, Roe Point, Point Sykes, Tent Point, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Revillagigedo Channel,

Islands:

Black Island, Black Rock, De Long Islands, Gannet Island, Gosling Island, House Rock, Kestrel Island, Kite Island, Little Rock, Raven Island, Slate Islands, Snail Rock, Whale Rock,

Lakes:

Badger Lake, Kah Shakes Lake, Sykes Lake,

Mountains:

Arm Mountain, Backbone Mountain, Behm Mountain, High Mountain, North Quadra Mountain, Round Hill, South Quadra Mountain,

Ridges:

Alava Ridge, Peninsula Ridge,

Streams:

Kah Shakes Creek,