Kanaga Island

Kanaga Bay

General.    The entrance to this bay is on the Pacific Ocean side and as such is subject to more swell than the Bearing Sea side. The entrance is wide and clear although all around are clumps of rock and kelp. On a large swell we would imagine that this entrance could be impassable. The day we entered and also on the day we exited the swell would have been a meter with no seas. This presented no trouble. Inside is completely protected from any swell.

Reported.    July 2003 by Fine Tolerance

Charts.    NOAA 16467.

Approach.    The entrance is easily identified from the waves breaking on the rocks on either side. There is a long wide channel leading up to the bay proper which, by keeping a central path, is easily negotiated.

Anchoring.    We anchored out from the ruins of an old fox farm in 4 meters, good mud. Position 51° 43 N,   179° 12.0 W.  (Note West) We would imagine that the entire bay would be an excellent anchoring ground. It would depend entirely on your draft as it would most likely be rather shallow.

Points of Interest.  The abandoned fox farm. Also Fisheries and Wildlife have a hut here with emergency supplies. There is a plaque on the hill behind the buildings in memory of a plane crash in the 1930's. There were also some abandoned buildings visible in the valley opposite where we anchored but we did not go and check them out.

Looking out over the deserted fox farm and jetty ruins.

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