The Duncan Canal is a naturally occurring inland waterway in the Alexander Archipelago

Alexander Archipelago

The Alexander Archipelago is a long archipelago, or group of islands, of North America off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, which are the tops of the submerged coastal mountains that rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean. Deep channels and fjords separate the...

 in Alaska, USA. It deeply penetrates Kupreanof Island

Kupreanof Island

Kupreanof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. The island is long and wide with a total land area is , making it the 13th largest island in the United States and the 170th largest island in the world. The Lindenberg Peninsula, on the southeast side of the...

, separating the Lindenberg Peninsula

Lindenberg Peninsula

The Lindenberg Peninsula is a peninsula on the eastern coast of Kupreanof Island, Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It is separated from the main portion of the island by the Duncan Canal....

, on the southeast side of the island from the main island. It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone

James Johnstone (explorer)

James Johnstone was a British naval officer and explorer. He is noted for having served as sailing master of the armed tender HMS Chatham and later acting lieutenant during George Vancouver’s 1791-95 expedition to the Pacific Northwest...

, one of George Vancouver

George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver RN was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon...

's officers during his 1791-95 expedition

Vancouver Expedition

The Vancouver Expedition was a four-and-a-half-year voyage of exploration and diplomacy, commanded by Captain George Vancouver. The expedition circumnavigated the globe, touched five continents and changed the course of history for the indigenous nations and several European empires and their...

. It was named after the English missionary William Duncan

William Duncan (missionary)

William Duncan was an English-born Anglican missionary who founded the Tsimshian communities of Metlakatla, British Columbia, in Canada, and Metlakatla, Alaska, in the United States...

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The Duncan Canal Portage is a popular hiking trail across the northern end of the Lindenberg Peninsula. It originally provided access to the northern end of the Duncan Canal directly from Frederick Sound

Frederick Sound

Frederick Sound is a passage of water in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska that separates Kupreanof Island to the south from Admiralty Island in the north....

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Butterworth Island is located at the mouth of the Duncan Canal where it debouches into the Sumner Strait

Sumner Strait

Sumner Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about long and wide, extending from the mouth of the Stikine River to Iphigenia Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, separating Mitkof Island, Kupreanof Island, and Kuiu Island on the north...

 past the larger Woewodski Island

Woewodski Island

Woewodski Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, U.S.A. It is separated from Kupreanof Island to the west by Duncan Canal, and Mitkof Island to the east by the Wrangell Narrows. It is named after Captain Lieutenant Stepan Vasilivich Woewodski, who was chief director...

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External links

• Wright, Fred Eugene and Wright, Charles Will (1908) "Duncan Canal" The Ketchikan and Wrangell Mining Districts, Alaska Bulletin 347, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., pp. 140-142, OCLC 4174766
• Karl, Susan M.; Haeussler, Peter J. and McCafferty, Anne (1999) "Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Duncan Canal-Zarembo Island Area, Southeastern Alaska" U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-168.
• "Duncan Canal", text and pictures of radio installation at Indian Point, Duncan Canal, from Internet Archive
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• "Duncan Canal Volcano Satellite Images - ASTER Volcano Archive" NASA
• "Duncan Canal Webcam" from Bay TV