Description
Spruce Point is located on W coast of Mitkof I., in Wrangell Narrows, 13 mi. S of Petersburg, Alex. Arch.
History
Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 114); translated from the Russian "Yelovyy") given in 1838 by G. Lindenberg. Feature was named "Point Schroeder" in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), for Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder, U.S. Navy (USN).