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Chichagof Island

Island in Alaska, United States

Field	Value
name	Chichagof
image_name	NWCoast1a.png
image_caption	Islands and major straits of the northern Pacific Northwest Coast
map	Alaska
map_caption	Chichagof Island (Alaska)
native_name	Shee Kaax
location	ABC islands of Alaska
coordinates
archipelago	Alexander Archipelago
area_sqmi	2048.61
length_mi	75
width_mi	50
elevation_ft	3909
country	United States
country_admin_divisions_title	State
country_admin_divisions	Alaska
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Borough/Census Area
country_admin_divisions_1	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area and Sitka City and Borough
population	1342
population_as_of	[2000](2000-united-states-census)
density_km2	0.25

Chichagof Island (), or Shee Kaax, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Alaska Panhandle. At 75 mi long and 50 mi wide, it has a land area of 2048.61 sqmi, making it the fifth largest island in the United States and the 109th largest island in the world. Its coastline measures 742 miles.{{cite book Chichagof Island has the highest population of bears per square mile of any place on Earth.

Chichagof Island is directly north of Baranof Island, with Peril Strait separating the two islands. It is bounded by Chatham Strait to the east, Icy Strait to the northeast, Cross Sound to the northwest, and the Gulf of Alaska to the west.

Idaho Inlet into Chichagof Island in August 2011.

The communities of Hoonah, Pelican, Tenakee Springs, and Elfin Cove are all located on the northern half of Chichagof Island, in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The island's southern half comprises the northern part of the City and Borough of Sitka. Only eight persons were counted in this portion of Sitka at the 2000 census. The primary economic sources for all these communities come from either Chichagof Island or the waters and fjords surrounding it. Commercial fishing, guided hunting trips, charter fishing and logging are all vital economic facets of the local economies.

This island is named after Admiral Vasili Chichagov, a Russian Arctic explorer who never visited Alaska. The entire island lies within the limits of Tongass National Forest. The western coastal portion has been officially designated as the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness.

References

Chichagof Island Census Blocks, Sitka City and Borough and Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau

References

(2010-06-10). "Bear Island".
Carol Healy, [https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/pdfs/wildlife/mgt_rpts/brb03mt-south.pdf Brown Bear Management Report], Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Dec. 2003

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