Description
Kutkan Island is located in Galankin Is., 1 mi. S of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History
Named by the Russians for a famous Indian chief who freed his slaves and embraced Christianity (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 142). It was called "Ostrov Stanovoy," meaning "camp island," in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first.