Alaska Gazetteer
Portland Canal is a cultural feature (channel) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Portland Canal |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | Tiday waterway forming the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia from the E end of Pearse Island N of Hyder, Alaska, and Stewart, British Columbia, Coast Mountains. |
| History: | Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), August 15, 1793, no doubt after the Duke of Portland (Wagner, 1937, p. 403). See Font, Streights du. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.625 |
| Longitude: | -130.120834351 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Portland Canal: Portland Canal.
