Por— I»oi. 



328 [BULL. 187. 



Portage; momitains (3,500 feet high), near head of Portage bay, Kujireanof island, 

 Alexander arciiipelago. 80 named by Thomas in 1887. 



Portage; i>oiiit, ea.^^t of Mi'Clellan flats, Chilkat inlet, Lynn canal, Alexander arehi- 

 pelago. The western en<l of the portage across Seduction tongue to Haines 

 is near this point. 



Portage; iioint, the eastern point of entrance to Dry Spruce ])ay, on northern shore 

 of Kodiak. Named Perenosa (portage) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



Portage; river, on the west coast of Kodiak. So designated by the Fish Commis- 

 sion in 1888. Tebenkof has the word Perenos (portage) here. 



Portage; two small islets, near the entrance to Portage bay, Kupreanof island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Called Perenosnaya (portage) by Meade in 1869. 



Port Chester, village; see Metlakatla. 



Port Clarence. The P^leventh Census, 1890, gives the population of Port Clarence 

 as 485. This does not appear to refer to any particular settlement or vil- 

 lage, though it has sometimes been so used. 



Port (lex Franqim; see Lituya bay. 



Porter; ]ieak (4,798 feet high), on the mainland east of Thomas bay, southeastern 

 Alaska. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Admiral David Dixon Porter, 

 U. S. N. 



Portillo; channel, in Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Canal de 

 Portillo (passage canal) by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Portland; canal, in southeastern Alaska, through which runs the boundary line 

 between Alaska and British Columbia. Named Portland's canal, in 1793, 

 )iy Vancouver, who says: "The distance from its entrance to its source is 

 about 70 miles, which, in honor of the noble family of Bentinck, I name 

 Portland's canal." The canal is here regarded as terminating at Point 

 Ramsden. 



Portland; inlet, east of Dixon entrance, separating Pearse island from the mainland 

 of British Columbia. Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 57) says: "The 

 broader portion (of Portland canal) on modern charts is often denomi- 

 nated Portland inlet, the name of Portland canal being then restricted to 

 that part of it of contracted width which lies to the westward of Observa- 

 tory inlet." 



Portland; island (206 feet high), near the northern end of Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Beardslee in 1880. 



Portland; point, on the northeastern coast of Pearse island, at southern end of 

 Portland canal, Alexander archipelago. 



Portlock; bank, northeast of Kodiak. So named, in 1888, by the Fish Commission, 

 after Capt. Nathaniel Portlock. 



Portlock; harbor, on the western coast of Chichagof island, Alexaniler archipelago. 

 This name was given, in 1787, by Capt. Nathaniel Portlock, ar. English fur 

 trader, who published a sketch of it in 1789. Nichols, in the Coast Pilot 

 (1891, p. 189), regards it as identical with Kukkan of the Indians. 



Posliedni; cape, on northern shore of Afognak bay, Afognak island. Named Pos- 

 liedni (last) by Murashef in 1839-40. Near by he has Krainie (the very 

 last). 



Possession; point, on Kenai peninsula, at head of Cook inlet. Named by Cook, in 

 1778, who here "displayed the flag and took possession of the river and 

 country in llis Majesty's name." Tebenkof, 1849, indicates a settlement 

 (naseleniia) here 



Post; creek, tributary to the Niukluk river, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Potainikof; cape, on the northwestern coast of Atka, middle Aleutians. A reef, 

 with islets and rocks above and below water, extends off the point for 



