Jim— Jon. 



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Jimtown; miniiifi camp, at mouth of Jim river, near longitude 151°. Prospectors' 

 name, reported by the (Geological Survey in 1899. 



Jockmch; river, tributary to the Klehini river, from the north, southeastern Alaska. 

 Native name, as reported by the Krause brothers in 1882. 



Joe; i.^land, in Clover passage, Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. So named by 

 Clover in 1885. 



JoIkiiiii Ho(joKloir, island; see Bogoslof. 



John; island, near the southwest coast of Nagai island, Shumagins. So called by 

 Dall in 1880. 



John; island, northeast of the Shumagins, in Ivanof bay, Alaska peninsula. So 

 called by Dall in 1880. 



John; peak, on the mainland, east of Farragut bay, southeastern Alaska. So named 

 by Thomas in 1887. 



John; rock, off Alaska peninsula, southeast of Belkofski. Presumably so named by 

 the traders. Published by the Coast Survey in 1882. 



Johns; creek, tributary to Solomon river, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Johns; Indian house, near Mentasta lake, on trail between the Xanana and Copper 

 rivers. It is near the head of Slana river. So called by Lowe, in 1898, 

 from the name of its Indian occupant. Known as Johnnie's village. 



Johns Hopkins; glacier, at the head of Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Named 

 by Reid, in 1892, after Johns Hopkins University. 



Johnson; creek, tributary to the Koksuktapaga river, from the south, Seward pen- 

 insula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Johnson, island; see Berry. 



Johnson; mining camp, west of Council, in the Fish river mining region, north of 

 Golofnin bay, Seward peninsula. Called Johnson City by the prospectors 

 and this name published by the Coast Survey in 1900. 



Johnson; mountain (6,000 feet high), near the head of Portland canal. So named 

 by Pender in 1868. 



Johnson; river, tributary to the Tanana river, from the south, near latitude 64°. 

 Discovered and named by Allen, in 1885, after Peder Johnson, a Swedish 

 miner, member of his party, of whom he speaks in high praise. 



Jolmsons, point; see Johnstone. 



Johnston; creek, tributary to Feather river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Johnston; hill, near the mouth of Naknek river, Bristol bay. Named Johnston's 

 by the Fish Commission in 1890. 



Johnstone; passage, separating Khantaak island from the mainland, Yakutat bay, 

 southeastern Alaska. Named by Dall, in 1879, after Master James John- 

 stone, R. N., one of Vancouver's officers. 



Johnstone; point, on the northern shore of Hinchinbrook island. Prince William 

 sound. Named by Davidson, in 1868, presumably after Master James 

 Johnstone, R. N. of Vancouver's party, in 1790-1795. Erroneously John- 

 sons and Johnston. 



John's Village. The Yukon map, sheet 10, published at Ottawa in 1898, gives this 

 name to a village on the upper Yukon near the mining camp Eagle. It 

 is Johnnie's village of Schwatka in 1883. 



Jones; islands, on the Arctic coast, a little east of the Colville river. Discovered 

 and named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, after "Rev. David T. Jones, 

 the faithful and eloquent minister at Red River." Renamed Thetis by 

 Stockton, who, in 1889, made a cruise along this coast in the U. S. ship 

 Thetis. 





