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E'istini Sitkli), island; see Great Sitkin. 



East Francis; sunken rock, in Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago 

 Discovered and named by Coghlan, in 1884, after pilot E. H. Francis the 

 tirst person who succeeded in making soundings upon it 

 East Head; promontory, between Porpoise and Sanborn harbors, on the western 



cast ot Xagai island, Shumagin group. So named bv Dall in 187'? 

 East Head; the northeastern point of entrance to Popof strait, Shumagin islands 



X'amed by Dall in 1872. 

 East Kusawa; lake, near the headwaters of the Yukon river. Native name \l«o 

 I spelled Kussua and Kussooi The Canadian Board on Geographic Names 



has adopted the spelling Kusawa. 

 East Na^ai; strait, separating Big Koniuji and Nagai islands, Shuma-in -roun 

 Named by Dall in 1872. » » f- 



Eaton; mountain, between Corwin cliffs and Mount Augusta, in the St. Elias alps, 



southeastern Alaska. So named by Russell in 1890. 

 Eaton; post-office, established in May, 1899, at the Eaton Reindeer station, on the 

 L nalakhk river, about 10 miles above its mouth, northwestern Alaska 

 So named after Gen. John Eaton, formerly United States Commissioner 

 of Education. 

 Eaton; river, tributary to Grantley harbor, Seward peninsula. So called in 1900 

 Formerly called Fish river, that name including what is here called Niu- 

 kluk and Eaton. 

 Eckholms (The); group of islets, on the south side of Eastern channel into Sitka 

 harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. So named bv Vasilief in 

 1809. Has also been written Eckholm, Eckholmes, and,"bv error in 

 transliteration, Ekgalit-tch. It has also been called Beacon group. Eck- 

 holm is a Swedish family name. 

 Eclipse; creek, tributary to Melsing creek, from the east, in the Eldorado mining 



district, Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. 

 EcoJik, point; see Ikolik. 

 Edgecumb, island; see Kruzof. 



Edgecumbe; cape, at entrance to Sitka sound. Named Edgecumbe by Cook, in 

 1778, presumably after Mount Edgecumbe, at the mouth of' Plymouth 

 harbor, England. It has been variously spelled Edgcumbe, Edgcombe, 

 Edgecombe, Edjecumbe, and Edgkomb. It was seen and named Cabo 

 del Engano (deceit or deception) by Maurelle in 1775. This name has 

 been variously spelled Enganno, Engano, and Engario. By the early 

 Russians it was called St. Lazaria or St. Lazarus, on the assumption that 

 Mount Edgecumbe was the peak seen and named St. Lazaria by Chirikof 

 in 1741. Also, it has been called Trubitsina. This name is said to have 

 been given by Baranof, in honor of boatswain Trubitsin, one of Chirikof's 

 ■ officers. In the official list of Chirikof's officers and men, however, this 

 name is absent. The name Sitka (spelled Sitkha, Sitcha, etc.) has also 

 been applied to this cape, and on some charts both names are retained 

 and applied to different parts of the same locality. This and adjacent land 

 to the eastward has been reserved for light-house purposes by Executive 

 order dated January 4, 1901. In that order it is spelled Edgecombe. 

 Edgecumbe; lake, near Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Edgecomb by the Coast Survey in 1897. 

 Edgecumbe; mountain (3,467 feet high), an extinct volcano, on Kruzof island 

 near the entrance to Sitka sound. Elevation given as 2,676, 2,800, 2,855, 

 3,467, and 8,000 feet, the last being an estimate by Lisianski, who climbed 

 it in 1805. The elevation 2,855 is that determined by the Coast Survey 

 in 1867, and 3,467 the determination by the Coast Survey in 1897. 



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