Alaska Gazetteer
First Canyon is a physical feature (valley) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | First Canyon |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Valley |
| Description: | on left bank of Unuk River, 15 mi. NE of its mouth at Burroughs Bay, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Descriptive name given in 1906 by F. Morse, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), as it was ""the first canyon (in this area) to be caused by a lava flow""; published in 1927 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 3." |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.2506217957 |
| Longitude: | -130.842086792 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for First Canyon: First Canyon.
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 First Canyon does not include property ownership information.
