Blake Channel is a channel in
Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...
,
United States. It extends , separating the southeastern part of
Wrangell Island from the mainland.
It was first traversed and charted in 1793 by
James Johnstone, one of
George Vancouver
Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...
's officers during his
1791-95 expedition.
References
Straits of Alaska
Straits of Wrangell, Alaska
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