Description
Dry Spruce Island is located between Dry Spruce Bay and Kupreanof Strait, off N coast of Kodiak I. 1.5 mile long.
History
Named "Poluostrov Sukhago Yelnika," meaning "dry spruce peninsula," in 1839 or 1840 by Sub. Lieutenant Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published in 1949 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425 which shows a sand bar connecting this island to the north coast of Kodiak Island.