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Calder, Shakan Strait

Calder is a mining camp for a historic marble quarry and present-day limestone mine situated at the mouth of Marble Creek on Shakan Strait near the entrance to El Capitan Passage on Prince of Wales Island, about 92 miles (148 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 12 miles (19 km) south-southeast of Port Protection, Alaska.

Sand Point, Popof Island

Sand Point is a community situated on Humboldt Harbor on the western shore of Popof Island, one of the Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska off the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, about 262 miles (422 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Perryville, Alaska.

Kukak Cannery, Katmai National Park and Preserve

Kukak Bay is the site of a historical razor clam cannery on the western shore of Shelikof Strait, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 132 miles (212 km) southwest of Homer and 77 miles (124 km) northwest of Kodiak, Alaska.

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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.

Lindenberger Cannery, Craig Island

Lindenberger Cannery, Craig Island

The Lindenberger Packing Company is a historical salmon cannery on Craig Island, located in the present-day community of Craig, about 58 miles (93 km) west-northwest of Ketchikan and 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of Klawock, Alaska.

Cape Fox Packing Company Cannery, Boca de Quadra

Cape Fox Packing Company Cannery, Boca de Quadra

The Cape Fox Packing Company operated a cannery from 1883 to 1886 on the north shore of Boca de Quadra, a fjord on the Portland Peninsula, about 59 miles (95 km) north-northwest of Prince Rupert and 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.

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