Alaska Gazetteer
Point Louise is a physical feature (cape) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Louise |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on the mainland, S point of entrance to Rudyerd Bay, Behm Canal, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Name published in 1899 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); originally named ""New Eddystone Point"" by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), August 9, 1793, ""for a supposed resemblance to Eddystone (lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall) in England * * * (Wagner, 1937, p. 399-400)." |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.5433349609 |
| Longitude: | -130.868057251 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Louise: Point Louise.
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 Point Louise does not include property ownership information.
