Alaska Gazetteer
Quail Island is a physical feature (island) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Quail Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Yukon River, 50 mi. E of Unalakleet, Innoko Low. |
| History: | "Local name reported in 1952 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Its earlier name ""Leah Island"" was given by steamboat pilots after the steamboat Leah built at Saint Michael about 1895 and named for Leah Shingleberger, mother-in-law of Captain Gustav Niebaum of the Alaska Commercial Company." |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.912776947 |
| Longitude: | -159.038894653 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Quail Island: Quail Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Quail Island does not include property ownership information.
