Admiralty Island
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area and Juneau | |
Demographics | |
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Population | 650 (2000) |
Pop. density | 0.39/sq mi (0.151/km2) |
Admiralty Island National Monument | |
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U.S. Forest Service | |
Website | www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tongass/recarea/?recid=78614 |
Admiralty Island is an
The national monument is considered sacred space to the Angoon Tribe of
History
It is known to the
The island was named by British naval officer
The Admiralty Island National Monument was created December 1, 1978, by President
In 1986 it was named a
Ecology
Whaling
Murder Cove is located at the southernmost portion of the island and was home to the Tyee Company whaling station.
Mining
The Greens Creek mine is an underground silver, gold, zinc and lead mine located on the northwest end of the island, within the national monument. It began operations in 1989.
Recreation
Admiralty Island offers opportunities for outdoor recreation. The 32-mile Cross Admiralty Canoe Route is a popular destination for backcountry canoeing and kayaking, traversing the breadth of the island through a series of lakes, streams and trail portages, with several cabins and shelters along the way.[5] While the modern route was laid out and constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, it follows traces long used by the island's native inhabitants for hunting, fishing and trading.[6]
The Pack Creek Brown Bear Viewing Area offers visitors the opportunity to observe brown bears in their natural habitat as they fish for salmon and interact with one another during the summer months. Permits are required for all visitors to Pack Creek; they can be obtained through the Forest Service.
Over recent decades, various fishing and outdoor recreation lodges have opened up on the island with most of these lodges operating in the Tlingit town of Angoon. There’s also one lodge on a small, privately held plot of land within the national monument.
Lighthouse
The Point Retreat Light is located on the northern tip of Admiralty and was an important aid-to-navigation.
See also
- Alaska portal
- List of national monuments of the United States
- USS Gambier Bay- U.S. Navy aircraft carrier named after Gambier Bay, east of Angoon, Alaska, sunk in the Battle off Samar in October 1944
Citations
- ^ "Admiralty Island National Monument". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- USDA Forest Service, MB-R10-190. (1992)
- ^ Vancouver, George; John Vancouver (1801). A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world. Vol. I–VI. London: J. Stockdale.
- ^ "Admiralty Island National Monument". United States Forest Service.
- ^ Cross Admiralty Canoe Route Archived August 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, SEATrails.
- ^ Civilian Conservation Corps Properties in Alaska Archived August 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
General and cited sources
- Admiralty Island: Blocks 1000 to 1002, Census Tract 6, Juneau City and Borough; Blocks 3012 to 3018; 3022 to 3026; Block 3048; Blocks 3056 to 3069; Block 3074; Blocks 3087 and 3088; Census Tract 3, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
- Comparison of Predicted and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
External links
- "Admiralty Island National Monument". Tongass National Forest. U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on August 5, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2006.
- "Tongass National Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on August 10, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2006.
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .