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Yakutat Bay and tlie land in its immediate vicinity may be briefly 

 described as follows: The bay, wbich lies approximately in latitude 

 60^ N. and longitude 140° W., not only extends tlirougli tlie narrow 

 strip of lowland separating the St. Elias range of mountains from the 

 ocean, but also penetrates the range itself for a considerable distance. 

 Its width at the entrance, between Ocean Cape on the east and Point 

 Manby on the west, is about 20 miles, and its length, from the capes to 

 the entrance of Disenchantment Bay, about 30 miles. The latter bay 

 is merely an extension of Yakutat Bay, and lies wholly within the St. 

 Elias range, being walled in by tremendous mountains rising from the 

 water's edge. Its length is about 25 miles, and its width from 3 to 5 

 miles. Great glaciers composed of pure ice several hundred feet in 

 thickness extend down to the water and throw off large numbers of 

 icebergs, which crowd the waters of the bay at all times and are carried 

 by the tides into Yakutat Bay, lining its western shore as far as Point 

 Manby, the prevailing southeasterly winds holding them against this 

 shore. The largest of the glaciers on Disenchantment Bay are the 

 Hubbard and Dalton, the former having a frontage on the water of 6 

 miles and the latter of 2 miles, and each being about 15 miles long. 



Beginning again at the entrance of Yakutat Ba}^, and following its 

 eastern shore line from Ocean Cape to the foothills of the St. Elias 

 range, a distance of about 20 miles, the surface of the country is gener- 

 ally level, though in some places there are hills 50 feet high. About 2 

 miles from Ocean Cape the Ankow River, a sluggish stream a hundred 

 yards wide, empties into the bay. The Ankow has not been explored, 

 but the Indians give its length as about 20 miles. As the country 

 through which it flows has but little elevation above the sea, the waters 

 of this river are extremely brackish as far as 7 miles from its mouth, 

 being affected by the sea water at high tide. Betw^een the mouth of 

 the Ankow and the foothills of the mountains a number of small tresh- 

 water streams reach the waters of the bay. After the foothills of the 

 range are reached the entire surface of the country undergoes a radi- 

 cal change, becoming extremely broken and mountainous, with numer- 

 ous very rapid streams. In this region there is very little level land, 

 the mountains generally rising from the beach to far above the line of 

 perpetual snow. The most conspicuous peak in this locality is Mount 

 Tebenkof, elevation unknown. Proceeding farther north, up the bay, 

 the mountains become more precipitous and the snow line gradually 

 comes nearer to sea level, until at the entrance to Disenchantment Bay 

 the country has a decidely Arctic character. It is on this latter bay 

 that the great glaciers appear, and in some sheltered canyons snow is 

 found at sea level even in midsummer. Crossing the upper end of 

 Yakutat Bay to the west side, near the mouth of Dalton Creek, the 

 country is generally level, sloping gradually upward toward the moun- 

 tains. In this vicinity a number of wide gravel washes, cut up by 

 numerous small streams, come down from the neighboring mountains* 



