Information About

Entrance Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Kake

Elevation:

26 ft (7.92 m)

About

population 3, on S coast of Entrance I. in Hobart Bay, 2.5 mi. NE of Point Hobart, 77 mi. NE of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History of Entrance Island

Named for Entrance Island. Recent maps show two houses or cabins here. A post office was maintained here from 1946 to 1956 (Ricks, 1965, p. 19).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sumdum B-5 (1948), Sumdum B-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum B-5 (1996), Sumdum B-5 NE (2017),

Places Near Entrance Island

Archipelagos:

Robert Islands, Storm Islands,

Areas:

The Five Fingers,

Bars:

Bird Rock, East Spit, McDonald Rock, West Spit,

Bays:

Port Houghton, Endicott Arm, Fanshaw Bay, Hobart Bay, Russian Cove, Steamboat Bay, Sunset Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Walpole, Point Hobart, Bartlett Point, Bill Point, Duck Point, Fort Point, The Haystack, McNairy Point, Rocky Point, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows, Cleveland Passage, Sandborn Canal, South Passage,

Islands:

Akusha Island, Crow Island, Entrance Island, Foot Island, Rabbit Island, Robert Island, Sunset Island, The Twins, Walter Island, Whitney Island,

Lakes:

Alice Lake, Little Lagoon, Placer Lakes, The Salt Chuck, Taylor Lake,

Locales:

Windham,

Mine:

First Basin Mine, K and D Mine,

Mountains:

Dahlgren Peak, Mount Fanshaw,

Mountain Passes:

Stephens Passage,

Mountain Ranges:

Fanshaw Range,

Rivers:

Chuck River,

Streams:

Libby Creek, Negro Creek, Slate Creek, Spruce Creek, Sylvia Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,

Cities:

Cape Fanshaw, Entrance Island, Hobart Bay,