Alaska Gazetteer
Wooden Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Wooden Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | S of Cape Ommaney, 6 mi. S of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), who called it ""Woodens Rock "" on August 24, 1794, ""to commemorate Isaac Wooden ( a member of his party), who fell overboard and was drowned near this island"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 422)." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.1611099243 |
| Longitude: | -134.658615112 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wooden Island: Wooden 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 Wooden Island does not include property ownership information.
| Port Armstrong, AK (9.4 miles N) |
