Description
On SW coast of Chichagof Island, leading from Crook Channel to Portlock Harbor, 3 mi. SW of Chichagof, Alex. Arch.
History
Named in 1908 by A. Braid, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, born 1846, a charter member of the Board on Geographic Names. Herbert Ogden was appointed to USC&GS in 1863 where he served as expert on topography and cartography on various expeditions. In 1863 he was in charge oa a party to locate the boundary between British Columbia and Alaska.