Grindall Island
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Clarence Strait |
| Coordinates | 55°26.6′N 132°7.8′W / 55.4433°N 132.1300°W |
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United States | |
Grindall Island is an island State Marine Park to the west of Ketchikan Alaska. Captain Vancouver named the nearby point and passage Grindall Point and Grindall Passage after his friend Captain Richard Grindall who had sailed with him in earlier years. The state of Alaska later gave Grindall Island its name to go along with the point and passage.
History
Grindall island was homesteaded and operated as a fox farming Island between 1922 and the 1950's.
Geography
Located in Clarence Strait off of Grindall point which is on the east side of Prince of Wales Island across from Ketchikan. The Island has two lakes in the center of the Island with marshland around them.
Marine State Park
Grindall Island is a Marine State Park which includes a public use cabin and a mooring buoy in the north harbor, and a variety of recreational opportunities on and around the Island.
