BAKER. J 91 Bea— Bea. 



Bear Bay; island, in Bear bay, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by 



Coghlan in 1884. 

 Beardslee; group of islands, in Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. So named by 



ITnited States naval officers, in 1880, after Rear- Admiral Lester Anthony 



Beardslee, U. S. N. Have also been called Sand islands. 

 Beardslee; group of islands, forming part of the Galankin group in Sitka sound, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by United States naval officers, in 1880, 



after Rear- Admiral Beardslee. Has been erroneously printed Beardsley. 

 Beardslee, island; see Kayak. 

 Beardslee; river, on the mainland, tributary to William Henry bay, Lynn canal, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by United States naval officers, in 1880, 



after Rear- Admiral Beardslee. 

 Beaton, island; see Betton. 

 Beatiie, creek; see Slate. 

 Beauclerc; island, near the entrance to Port Beauclerc, Sumner strait, Alexander 



afchipelago. Also, erroneously, Beauclere. Named by Dall in 1879. 

 Beauclerc; mountain peak (2,500 feet high), on Kuiu island, near Port Beauclerc. 



So named by Helm in 1885. 

 Beauclerc; port, in Kuiu island, Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by Vancouver in 1793. Also, erroneously, Beauclere. 

 Beaufort; bay, on the Arctic coast of Alaska, near the international boundary line. 



So named by Franklin, in 1826, after his friend, Capt. Francis Beaufort, 



R.N. 

 Beaufort; cape, on the Arctic coast of Alaska, near Cape Lisburne. Named, in 1826, 



by Beechey, ' ' in compliment to Captain Beaufort, the present hydrographer 



to the Admiralty." Has also been written Bophor. 

 Beautems, cape and mountain; see Fairweather. 



Beaver; bay, gulf or inlet indenting eastern shore of Unalaska island, eastern Aleu- 

 tians. Named Bobrovoi (sea otter) by Sarichef in 1792. Saner, 1802, has 



Bobrovoi guba or Bay of Otters; Langsdorf has "Sea-Otters bay of Cook, 



Sarichef, and others." 

 Beaver; bay, indenting the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, northvi^est of the 



Shumagins. Named Bobrovoi (sea otter) by the Russians. The maps are 



confused in this locality. Perhaps this is identical with Otter bay of some 



maps. 

 Beaver; bay, indenting the southern shore of Atka island, middle Aleutians. Named 



by the Russians Bobrovaia (sea otter). 

 Beaver; cove, just north of Cape Providence, in Port Wrangell, Alaska peninsula. 



So called by the Russians, before 1831, Ijecause parties of sea otter hunters. 



from Katmai usually stopped there. Lutke calls it Port Bobrovoi (des 



loutres). 

 Beaver; creek, on Mary island, Gravina group, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by Nichols in 1883. 

 Beaver; creek, tributary to Eldorado river, from the east, near its mouth, Seward 



peninsula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Beaver; creek, tributary to Matanuska river, from the west, a few miles north of 



Knik river. Cook inlet. Local name, from Glenn, 1898. 

 Beaver; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, a little below the mouth of 



the Tozi river. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1898. 

 Beaver; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, near latitude 66°. Name 



published by the Coast Survey in 1897. This may be the stream called 



Nocotocargut by the Western Union Telegraph Company explorers in 



1867. 

 Beaver, islet; see Sea Otter. 



