Alaska Chief Falls, Alaska, United States
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Alaska Chief Falls is a falls located in Juneau county Alaska in the United States of America. It is at 58.305 latitude and -134.34 longitude. Alaska Chief Falls is at an elevation of 367 ft (1204 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Juneau B-2".
Description
on Icy Gulch, 2.5 mi. E of Juneau, Coast Mts. ESE from S end of Kodiak I. to S end of Dall I. in Alex. Arch.
History
Name derived from the Alaska Chief lode claim staked there by Joe Juneau and Richard Harris in 1880. Juneau and Harris called the canoe, in which they came from Sitka, the Alaska Chief (DeArmond 1957, p. 5).
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Falls |
| Latitude: | 58.305 |
| Longitude: | -134.34 |
| Elevation: | 367 ft / 1204 m |
| County: | Juneau |
| USGS Map Name: | Juneau B-2 |
