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Dillingham, Nushagak Bay

Dillingham is a community on the south side of Snag Point at the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers, at the head of Nushagak Bay on the north coast of Bristol Bay, about 248 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Homer and 166 miles (270 km) southeast of Bethel, Alaska.

Larsen Bay Cannery, Kodiak Island

Larsen Bay is a small village and historical salmon cannery on Larsen Bay, an embayment that extends 6 miles (9.6 km) off of Uyak Bay on the west coast of Kodiak Island, about 125 miles (202 km) southeast of King Salmon and 58 miles (94 km) west-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Kasaan, Prince of Wales Island

Kasaan is a small community on the north shore of Kasaan Bay and the southern shore of the Kasaan Peninsula, on the east coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 65 miles (105 km) south of Wrangell and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.

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Canadian Fishing Company, Prince Rupert

Canadian Fishing Company, Prince Rupert

The Canadian Fishing Company operates fish processing plants on Prince Rupert Harbour at Seal Cove and at George Hills Way, about 89 miles (143 km) southeast of Ketchikan and 72 miles (116 km) west-southwest of Terrace, British Columbia.

Claxton, Telegraph Passage

Claxton, Telegraph Passage

Claxton is a historical salmon cannery and community at the mouth of Claxton Creek on the eastern shore of Telegraph Passage in the Skeena River estuary, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Carlisle Cannery, Skeena River

Carlisle Cannery, Skeena River

Carlisle is a historical remote salmon cannery on the east bank at the mouth of the Skeena River, about 66 miles (106 km) southwest of Terrace and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Cliff Falls, Deep Cove

Cliff Falls, Deep Cove

Cliff Falls is the outlet for Cliff Lake, located at the head of Deep Cove, approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) west of Patterson Point, about 41 miles (66 km) south-southeast of Sitka, and 17.5 miles (28 km) north-northwest of Port Armstrong, Alaska.

Mush Bay, East Arm Uganik Bay

Mush Bay, East Arm Uganik Bay

Mush Bay is a local name for a shallow embayment on the western shore of the East Arm of Uganik Bay on Kodiak Island’s west coast, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Larsen Bay and 40 miles (65 km) west-southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

Humpback Bay, Porcher Island

Humpback Bay, Porcher Island

Humpback Bay is an embayment on the north coast of Porcher Island off Malacca Passage, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

Chip Cove Cannery, Moser Bay

Chip Cove Cannery, Moser Bay

Chip Cove is an embayment between Luchek Mountain to the south and Peak 2001 to the north, and the site of a historical salmon cannery on the western shore of Moser Bay near Olga Narrows on the southwestern coast of Kodiak Island, about 83 miles (131 km) southwest of Kodiak and 6 miles (10 km) north of Akhiok, Alaska.

Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet

Copper Harbor, Hetta Inlet

Copper Harbor is an embayment on Prince of Wales Island on the eastern shore of Hetta Inlet, near the historical Coppermount mine, about 38 miles (61 km) west-southwest of Ketchikan and 8.6 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.

Ford Arm, Chichagof Island

Ford Arm, Chichagof Island

Ford Arm is an embayment approximately 0.3 miles (483 m) wide and 4 miles (6.5 km) long on the west coast of Chichagof Island, about 44 miles (71 km) north-northwest of Sitka and 28 miles (44 km) south-southeast of Pelican, Alaska.

MacDonald Spit, Kasitsna Bay

MacDonald Spit, Kasitsna Bay

MacDonald Spit forms the northwestern shore of Kasitsna Bay on the southern coast of Kachemak Bay, approximately 11 miles (18 km) south of Homer and 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.

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