Brown Bear Head Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Brown Bear Head Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | In Keku Strait, 1000ft S of Beck Island and 31 mi SW of Petersburg. |
History: | Name derived from a reported incident in which a young Indian man was killed by a Brown Bear, and later, when the bear was killed, its head was impaled on a pole on the island. |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 56.6561126709 |
Longitude: | -133.715560913 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Brown Bear Head Island: Brown Bear Head 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 Brown Bear Head Island does not include property ownership information.