Information About

Port Armstrong

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Port Armstrong on The Map

Location

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

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Angoon

Elevation

167 ft (50.9 m)

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).