Dall Island

Coordinates: 54°57′22″N 133°03′33″W / 54.95611°N 133.05917°W / 54.95611; -133.05917
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Dall Island
Dall island and Cordova Bay photographed from Earth orbit
Map
Geography
LocationAlaska
Coordinates54°57′22″N 133°03′33″W / 54.95611°N 133.05917°W / 54.95611; -133.05917
ArchipelagoAlexander
Area254.02 sq mi (657.9 km2)
Highest elevation2,443 ft (744.6 m)
Administration
United States, Canada (point at tip)
Demographics
Population20 (2000)
Pop. density0.03/km2 (0.08/sq mi)

Dall Island is an island in the

above sea level. Its land area is 254.0 square miles (657.9 km2), making it the 28th largest island in the United States
. Dall is used economically for fishing and limestone quarrying.

Population and demographics

The

2000 census recorded 20 persons living on the island.[1] The Haida
are known to have inhabited coastal caves on the island two to three thousand years ago.

History

Dall Island lies west of the southern part of Prince of Wales Island, and forms the western shore of Cordova Bay, Kaigani Strait, and Tlevak Strait. NOAA Office of Coast Survey 1993 chart detail.

Dall Island was first called "Quadra", after

William H. Dall.[2] The island also had been thought to be part of Prince of Wales Island as recently as 1903.[3]

During the maritime fur trade era several harbors on southeast Dall Island, collectively known as Kaigani, were among the most popular sites for trade between fur trading ships and the Kaigani Haida.[4][5]

Alaska Boundary Treaty of 1903.[6] This line is also the northern boundary of the waters known as the Dixon Entrance. Cape Muzon was established as the "point of commencement" of the international boundary between Russia and British North America in the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1825.[3] The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey charts produced in 1884 and 1894–95 laid down the boundary line with Canada from Cape Muzon through Dixon Entrance and Portland Canal.[3] In its decision on the delimitation of the disputed Alaska Panhandle boundary, the six-judge 1903 Court of Arbitration unanimously agreed that Cape Muzon was the initial point of the boundary[7] and designated Point A as one endpoint of the A–B Line.[3]

Canada considers Point A (54°39′43.993″N 132°41′3.093″W / 54.66222028°N 132.68419250°W / 54.66222028; -132.68419250) as part of the delimited international boundary,[6] just like the other defined turning points[8] set forth in 1903 for the resolved boundary. Furthermore, Canada regards the A–B line as defining Canada's internal waters within the Dixon Entrance. On the other hand, the U.S. regards the A–B line as having been defined to allocate sovereignty over the land masses within the Dixon Entrance,[6] with Canada's land to the south of the line, while it considers the waters to be subject to international marine law.

Logging

Helicopter logging on the island

Dall Island is also an island used for its timber resource. The island houses many logging camps. Columbia Helicopters of Oregon is one of the main companies using the island for its timber.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Dall Island: Blocks 3066 and 3067, Census Tract 1, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
  2. ^ "Place Names in Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands". Retrieved 2006-05-14.
  3. ^ a b c d Davidson, George (1903). The Alaska Boundary. San Francisco: Alaska Packers Association. pp. 79–81, 129–134, 177–179, 229.
  4. ISBN 978-1-895901-18-4
    . Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7735-2028-8
    . Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Gray, David H. (Autumn 1997). "Canada's Unresolved Maritime Boundaries" (PDF). IBRU Boundary and Security Bulletin. p. 61. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  7. ^ White, James (1914). Boundary Disputes and Treaties. Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company. pp. 936–958.
  8. ^ "International Boundary Commission definition of the Canada/US boundary in the NAD83 CSRS reference frame". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2015-03-21.

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