Karta Bay
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Fishermen_purse_seining%2C_Karta_Bay%2C_Alaska%2C_July_2%2C_1910_%28COBB_64%29.jpeg/220px-Fishermen_purse_seining%2C_Karta_Bay%2C_Alaska%2C_July_2%2C_1910_%28COBB_64%29.jpeg)
Purse seining in Karta Bay, July 1910
Karta Bay is a western arm of , an eastern inlet on Prince of Wales Island off the southern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. Situated about 200 miles (320 km) from Sitka, it contains a bronze copper mine, which was considered valuable in the late 19th century.[1] Karta Bay is the site of the first salmon saltery in Alaska.[2]
Geography[]
Karta Bay is situated at the northwestern end of Kasaan Bay, of which it forms a part. A saltery on the cove directly east of Karta Bay proper, known as Karta Bay or Baronovich Fishery, was one of the first operated in southeast Alaska. A redfish stream empties into the head of Karta Bay about a mile from the saltery.[3]
References[]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: United States. Congress. Senate's "Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session" (1879)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: United States. Census Office's "Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890" (1893)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: J. F. Moser's " The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska: Report of the Operations of the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross for the Year Ending June 30, 1898" (1899)
- ^ United States. Congress. Senate (1879). Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session (Public domain ed.). pp. 102–.
- ^ United States. Census Office (1893). Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890 (Public domain ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 30–.
- ^ Moser, Jefferson F. (1899). The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska: Report of the Operations of the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross for the Year Ending June 30, 1898 (Public domain ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 87–.
Coordinates: 55°34′19″N 132°32′29″W / 55.5719°N 132.5414°W
Categories:
- Bays of Alaska
- Bays of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska