Description
Located between Kruzof and Chichagof Islands, 26 miles northwest of Sitka; Alexander Archipelago.
History
named in 1787 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock, "in honor of Bishop Salisbury" (Wagner, 1937, p. 407). "Puerto de los Remedios" meaning "Port of the Remedies," in 1775 by Francisco Antonio Maurelle; "Bay of Islands" on May 2, 1778, by Captain James Cook, RN (Wagner, p. 464); "Zund Klokacheva," or "Klokachev Sound," in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; and "Proliv Olgi," or "Olgi Strait," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).