Description
George Rock is located in Stephens Passage, 1 mi. NW of Outer Point on W end of Douglas I. and 10 mi. W of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Named in 1880 by Commander L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), presumably for Captain William E. George, an English pilot who came to Alaska in 1868 and was master of some of the early passenger steamers and a frequent visitor to Juneau after the town was founded (DeArmond, 1957, p. 21). Name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 174).