Alaska Gazetteer
Rescue Harbor is a physical feature (bay) in Haines Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Rescue Harbor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on E coast of Sullivan I., in Lynn Canal, 35 mi. S of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
| History: | So named in 1868 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), because it was here that the American schooner Louisa Downs was wrecked in 1867 and six persons were rescued by the U.S.S. Saginaw, which Meade commanded (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1891, p. 196). |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.9333343506 |
| Longitude: | -135.300003052 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rescue Harbor: Rescue Harbor.
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