Description
Point Rothsay is located at mouth of Stikine River, 7 mi. N of Wrangell, Coast Mts.
History
Named on August 27, 1793, by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), (Wagner, 1937, p. 407). Name "Mys Rechnoy" meaning "river point" was applied to this point in 1863 by the Russian surveyors from the corvette Rynda. See Rynda Island.