Information About

Port Armstrong

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 17' 48.998" N,
134 ° 39' 42.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Angoon

Elevation

167 ft (50.9 m)

Fatalities

1

Port Armstrong in Detail.

About

on N shore of Port Armstrong, 3.3 mi. N of village of Port Alexander, on S coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Former cannery, now a herring reduction plant. In 1933 its population was estimated to be 100. The Port Armstrong post office was approved in 1913 but was never in operation (Ricks, 1965, p. 52).

Fatalities

On May 9, 2010, 1 person died while canoeing, fishing. Read More