BAKER.] 183 Gar— Gas. 



Garcia; island and point, on the northwestern coast of San Fernando island, Gulf 

 of Esquibel, Prince of Wales archipelago. Xamed Ysla y Punta de Gar- 

 cia by ^laurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



G-arden; cove, near the head of Port Etches, Prince William sound. So named ])y 

 Davidson in 1869. 



Garden; cove, on the eastern shore of St. George island, Pribilof islands, Bering 

 sea. Local name. Origin not discovered. Published by the Coast Sur- 

 vey in 187-5. 



Garden; island, in Garden cove. Port Etches, Prince William sound. So named, in 

 1787, by Portlock, who, in that year, made a garden upon it. 



Garden, island; see Kutkan. 



Garden; point, at the mouth of Indian river, Sitka harbor. Descriptive name, 

 published by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Gardiner; ci'eek, tributary to the Tanana river, from the north, near longitude 141° 

 3(K. So named by Peters and Brooks, in 1898, after L. D. Gardiner, a 

 meml>er of their party. Erroneously Gardner on the maps. 



Gardner; bay, indenting the southeastern shore of Prince of Wales island, Clarence 

 strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Kupreanof in 1848. Also 

 called Port Gardner. 



Gardner; point, the southernmost point of Admiralty island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



Gareloi; volcanic island and peak thereon (5,334 feet high), near the western end 

 (jf the Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. Named Gareloi (variously 

 written Goreloi, Gorely, Gorelloi, etc., i. e., burnt, or burning) by early 

 Russian explorers. Its Aleut name, according to Tebenkof, is Anangusik. 



Garfield; bay, on the northern shore of Alaska peninsula. So named l)y the Fish 

 Commission, in 1888, after President James Abram Garfield. 



Garfield; creek, tributary to the Kuzitrin river, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Xame from Brooks, 1900. 



Garfield; peak (3,929 feet high), on the mainland, north of Frederick soimd, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after President Garfield. 



Garfield, point; see Lieskof. 



Garforth; island, in 3Iuir inlet. Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Apparently 

 so named by the British Admiralty in or about 1890. 



Garnet; point, the southernmost point of Kaunaghunut island, Dixon entrance. So 

 named by Nichols m 1883. Erroneously Garnot. 



Garnet; point, the southwesternmost point of Choris peninsula, Kotzebue sound, 

 Arctic ocean. So called by Beechey in September, 1827. 



Gams, point; see Harris. 



Garrett; peak (5,700 feet high), between Valdes glacier and Klutina lake. So 

 named by Abercrombie, in 1898, after private Garrett, a member of his 

 party. 



Ga risen; glaciers, at head of Kicking Horse river, near the head of Chilkat inlet, 

 southeastern Alaska. So named by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883. 



Garry; river, emptying into the Arctic ocean near Cape Halkett. So named by 

 Dease and Simpson, in 1837, after Nicholas Garry, esq. 



Gassman; creek, tributary to Eldorado river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Gastineau; channel, between Douglas island and the mainland, southeastern Alaska. 

 So named on Homfray's manuscript map of 1867, furnished to the Western 

 Union Telegraph Company, the name being derived from one of the 

 Hudson Bay Company's steamers, which in turn took its name from the 

 Gastineau or Gatineau river of Quebec, a branch of the Ottawa. Has also 

 been designated Gastmeaux channel. Icy channel, and Carroll straits. 

 Gastineau, point; see Hobart. 



