Description
Blind River is located flows NW to Blind Slough, 16 mi. SE of Petersburg, on Mitkof I., Alex. Arch. 3 miles long.
History
Name published in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 132) by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); previously known as "Blind Passage" because it was supposed that there was a passage here connecting Wrangell Narrows and Sumner Strait, described as being "dry at low water." Name published in 1850 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1441 as "Sukhoy Proliv," meaning "dry strait."