Description
Rurik Harbor is located on S end of Khantaak I., 1 mi. N of Point Turner and 2.2 mi. NW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History
named by Khromchenko, who surveyed the area in 1823, after a ship (brig) belonging to the Russian-American Co. originally applied to the combined water area of what is now Rurik Harbor and Port Mulgrave. the northernmost of the two bays.