Description
Point Thatcher is located on NE coast of Catherine I., off NE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History
Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN). It was called "Shkaliakh" or "Schkaliakh" by the Tlingit Indians. It is "Point Coleman" on the maps of Homfray, Cartographer of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1867, (USG&GS, 1883, p. 167).