Description
North Rapid is located in Rose Channel, in Peril Strait, 25 mi. SE of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.
History
name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 163). "At this point, at cetain stages of the tide, the so-called First or Northern Rapid is formed, consisting of a race of great force and velocity."