Karta Bay

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 / 55.5719; -132.5414

[Senate1879-1] 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–.

[Office1893-2] 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–.

[Moser1899-3] 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–.

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