Description
The Redoubt (historical) is located on W side of Baranof I., S of Mount Dranishnikov, between Redoubt Bay and Redoubt Lake, 4 mi. NE of Goddard, Alex. Arch.
History
Previously called "Seleniye Dranishnikova" or "Dranishnikov Settlement" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Mount Dranishnikof. It was first reported by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Ozerskoy Redut," meaning "redoubt lake." It is the site of an abandoned Russian fishery and flour mill (Colby, 1945, p. 175).