Karta Bay is a western arm of Kasaan Bay, 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[edit]

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[edit]

• 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)

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