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Prince of Wales Island is located in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area. It measures 135 miles (217 km) long by 65 miles (105 km) wide, with an area of 2,577 sq mi (6,670 km 2), or about one-tenth the size of Ireland (or slightly larger than the state of Delaware). Approximately 6,000 people live on the island.
Craig is the largest town on Prince of Wales Island, the fourth-largest island in the United States. [4] Craig is approximately 56 miles (90 km) by air northwest of Ketchikan and 220 miles (350 km) south of Juneau.
The present-day Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area includes Prince of Wales Island, the Hyder area as an exclave, and Annette Island, which is mostly surrounded by territory of Ketchikan Gateway Borough. [6] Before the transfer of territory, Ketchikan Gateway Borough was enclaved within (surrounded by) the census area.
Little Naukati Bay is a natural sheltered harbor at Naukati Bay, Alaska, on the Western shores of Prince of Wales Island, on the Pacific Ocean at , elevation: 20 feet (6. Little Naukati Bay, on the East side of Tuxekan Narrows and about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) North of Kauda Point , is not recommended as a small-boat anchorage.
Coffman Cove (Lingít: Tatxánk [4]) is a city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Located on Prince of Wales Island, its population was 176 at the 2010 census, down from 199 in 2000.
Sulzer, Alaska is a ghost town on Prince of Wales Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. The community centered on a copper mine established by William Sulzer on the shore of Hetta Inlet. [1] Operated by the Alaska Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, [2] the Jumbo Mine was active from 1907 to 1918 and was one of Alaska's largest copper ...
On December 24, 1975, von der Hedyt issued an injunction against all clearcutting on the North end of the Prince of Wales island from Red Bay to Calder Bay. The lawsuit stopped planned clear cutting on 400,000 acres (1,600 km2) on the north end Island. Congress lifted the injunction when it passed the National Forest Management Act in 1976.
Prince of Wales Island (French: Île du Prince-de-Galles) is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, it lies between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and is south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. For administrative purposes, it is divided between Qikiqtaaluk and Kitikmeot regions. There are no ...