Description
Big Island is located at mouth of Deep Bay, in Peril Strait, off Chichagof I., 29 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.;
History
This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) about 1882 of the name given by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "O(strov) Bolshoy."