Description
Located on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, trends south from the mouth of Resurrection River at Seward to Harding Gateway and Blying Sound, Chugach Mountains. (AK-T1).
History
Named "Voskresenskaya Gavan" meaning "Resurrection (Sunday) Harbor" by Alexander Baranov in 1792. It was called "Port Andrews" by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), in 1787. The first ship to be built in Alaska, the Phoenix, was built there in 1794. (AK-T1)