Description
Coxe River is located heads in Cold Storage Lake, flows SW to Katlian Bay, 8 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 2.5 miles long.
History
Named byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)in 1933 "for Captain Coxe commander of the Swedish cruiser Mercury, who went to Alaska in 1790 to destroy the Russian trade and colonizations. But because of the deplorable state of the settlers he abstained from hostilities, and helped them instead."