Kol— Kcil. 



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Kelp; l>ay, inil.'ntiiit: tin- northeastern shore of Baranof island, Chatham strait, 

 Alexander areliii)ela^'o. Often referred to as Deep bay, and in 1S79 named 

 Kelj) hay l)y Dall in the Coast Pilot, published in 1883. 

 Kelp; island, m-ar the southern shore of Duke island, Dixon entrance, Alexander 



archipelajro. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Kelp; i>oint, l)et\veen Dewey and McHenry anchorages, on Etolin island, Alexander 



arehii)elajio. So named by Snow in 1886. 

 Kelp; rocks, off Tort Chester, Nichols passage, Alexander arcliipelago. So named 



by Nichols in 1888. 

 Kenachananak; Eskimo village, on the seashore east of Nunivak island, Bering 

 sea. In the Eleventh Census, 1890, it is called Kennachananaghamiut, 

 i. e., Kenachananak people, described as composed of 8 dwellings and 181 

 ])eop]e. 

 KoKii, bay; see ("ook inlet. 



Kenai; lake, on Kenai peninsula, between Turnagain arm and Eesurrection ])ay, 

 and draining through Kenai river westward to Cook inlet. On some maps 

 (ailed Second lake. See also Skilak. 

 Kenai; mountains, forming the axis of Kenai peninsula. Commonly so called. 

 Name published in the Tenth Census, 1880. Grewingk, 1849, deriving his 

 information from Wosnesenski, 1842, gives the native name of these 

 mountains as Triiiili; also written Trufdi. 

 Kenai; peninsula, between Cook inlet and Prince William sound. Native name, 

 from the Russians. On early Russian maps the peninsula bears no name, 

 but Cook inlet is called Kenaiskaia gulf. Billings, 1802, calls it Kanaiski 

 land. . Grewingk calls it Tschugatsk (Chugach) peninsula. 

 Kenai, strait; see Shelikof. 



Kenai; village, at mouth of Kaknu river, on eastern shore of Cook inlet. A forti- 

 fied post was established here by Grigor Konovalof, commanding the ship 

 St. George, of the Lebedef-Lastochkin Company, in August, 1791, and 

 called fort or redoubt St. Nicholas or St. Nicolas or St. Nikolas. On a 

 Russian map of 1802 it is called Pavlovskaia, i. e., Paul, and a manuscript 

 note says fort De Pawlofsk. In the summer of 1869 there was a military 

 post of the United States here called Fort Kenai, and by this name Kenai, 

 a native name, the place is now known. A post-office, Kenai, was estab- 

 lished here in February, 1899, 

 Ke>iahHkisc}u'r, inlet; see Cook. 

 Kenasnow, archipelago, etc.; see Kootznahoo. 

 Kcnnmow, island ; see Killisnoo. 



Kenasnow; rocks, in Kootznahoo roads, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 Called Kootznahoo by Meade, in 1869, and Kenasnow by Nichols in 1891. 

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

 strait, Alexander archipelago. Named by Dall, in 1879, after Capt. John 

 Kendrick, of the sloop Cohiinbia, from Boston, who wintered at Nootka 

 in 1788-89. 

 Kennedy; point, the eastern point of entrance into Saook bay. Peril strait, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by Moore, in 1895, after Surgeon Rol)ert 

 Morris Kennedy, U. S. N., a member of his party. 

 Kennicott; glacier, on the southeastern flank of Mount Blackburn, forming thesource 

 of Kennicott river. So named by (iierdine, in 1900, after Robert Kennicott. 

 Kennicott; i)ass, ])etween Lakina river and Kennicott glacier. So named by 



Gerdine, of the Geological Survey, in 1900. 

 Kennicott; river, tributary to the Nizina, from the north. Local name, in memory 

 of the Alaskan explorer, Robert Kennicott, a pioneer on the Yukon river, 

 who died at Nulato, May 13, 1866. 



