The Chilkat Peninsula is a
peninsula
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in
Lynn Canal
Lynn Canal is an inlet (not an artificial canal) into the mainland of southeast Alaska.
Lynn Canal runs about from the inlets of the Chilkat River south to Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage. At over in depth, Lynn Canal is the deepest fjord ...
,
Southeast Alaska that divides the
Chilkoot and
Chilkat Inlets and divides the
Chilkat and
Chilkoot watersheds. The peninsula extends into Lynn Canal as well. It was first charted in 1794 by
Joseph Whidbey
Joseph Whidbey FRS (1757 – 9 October 1833) was a member of the Royal Navy who served on the Vancouver Expedition 1791–95, and later achieved renown as a naval engineer. He is notable for having been the first European to discover and char ...
,
master
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of during
George Vancouver's
1791–1795 expedition.
The town of
Haines sits on the northern end of the peninsula, while the neighborhood of
Mud Bay is located closer towards the center of the peninsula.
Gallery
File:ChilkatPeninsula2.jpg
References
Peninsulas of Alaska
Landforms of Haines Borough, Alaska
Tlingit
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