Welcome to Point
Baker, Alaska
133° 37' W Longitude - 56° 21'
N Latitude
Located on the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island, Point Baker
is 142 miles south of Juneau and 101 miles northwest of Ketchikan.
Point Baker was named in 1793 by Capt. George Vancouver, who named
it after the Second Lieutenant on his ship "The Discovery." The
first floating fish packer came to Point Baker to buy fish in
1919, and trade continued in this fashion until the 1930s, when
the Forest Service opened the area for home sites. During the
1920s and 1930s, up to 100 tents lined the harbor, occupied by
hand-trollers. The first store was built in 1941, and a post
office opened in 1942. In 1955, Point Baker was withdrawn from
the Tongass National Forest. A floating dock was built by the
State in 1961; larger docks replaced it in 1968.
Point Baker is a small non-Native fishing community. Subsistence
and recreational food sources include deer, salmon, halibut, shrimp
and crab.
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