The Chilkat Peninsula is a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on al ...
in
Lynn Canal,
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 par ...
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 chart ...
,
master of during
George Vancouver
Post-captain, Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his Vancouver Expedition, 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Un ...
's
1791–1795 expedition.
The town of
Haines Haines may refer to:
*Haines (surname), ''includes partial list of people with the surname''
* Haines (character), a character in James Joyce's ''Ulysses''
Places Antarctica
* Haines Glacier, Antarctica
* Haines Mountains, mountain range in Anta ...
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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