Alaska Gazetteer
Port Chalmers is a physical feature (bay) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Port Chalmers |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on NW coast of Montague I., 4 mi. W of Montague Peak, Chugach Mts. 2 miles long. |
| History: | "Name reported in 1787 as Chalmer's Harbour by Captain Portlock (1789, map facing p. 215). The bay was probably named by Portlock ""because they anchored here from May 2-14, 1787"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 380). It was called ""Puerto de Flores"" by Esteban Jose Martinez in honor of the Viceroy, Manuel Antonio Flores, when he took possession June 1, 1788. Martinez was there from May 28 to June 15 (p. 454). Captain George Dixon called it ""Careening Harbor"" in 1786 because his ships were careened (heeled over for repairs and scraping) here." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.2408332825 |
| Longitude: | -147.243331909 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Port Chalmers: Port Chalmers.
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 Port Chalmers does not include property ownership information.
| Oceanic, AK (20 miles W) |
