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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Islands of the Alexander Archipelago, Mitkof Island, Petersburg, Alaska, Prince of Wales Island, Alexander Archipelago Wolf, Alaska boundary dispute, Cordova Bay, Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, Kupreanof Island, Kruzof Island, Douglas Island, Saint Lazaria Wilderness, Chichagof Island, Revillagigedo Island, Pleasant Island, Japonski Island, Coronation Island, Wrangell Island, Annette Island, Kuiu Island, Killisnoo Island, Dall Island, Etolin Island, Duncan Canal, Zarembo Island, Woronkofski Island, Gravina Island, Lemesurier Island, Baker Island, Frederick Sound, Kosciusko Island, Suemez Island, Aaron Island, Zubof Rock, Woewodski Island, Wrangell Narrows, Favor Peak, Manzanita Peak, Couverden Island, Long Island, Sam Peak, Kadin Island, Noyes Island, Tiedeman Island, Lincoln Island, Warren Island, Sebree Island, Deer Island, ABC Islands, New Eddystone Rock, Shelter Island, Swan Island, Sukkwan Island, Partofshikof Island, Duke Island, Sebree Peak, Yakobi Island, Lindenberg Peninsula, Tongass Island, Heceta Island, Catherine Island, Gravina Islands, Cedar Island. Excerpt: Prince of Wales Island is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in the United States (after Hawaii, Kodiak Island, and Puerto Rico) and the 97th-largest island in the world. The island is 135 miles (217 km) long, 45 miles (72 km) wide and has an area of 2,577 sq mi (6,674 km), about 1/10 the size of Ireland and slightly larger than the State of Delaware. Approximately 6,000 people live on the island. Craig is the largest community, founded as a saltery in the early 20th century, it has a population of 1,000. Some 750 people live in Klawock, a long-established village that grew with the fishing industry. Hollis was a boom and bust mining town from 1900 to about 1915, abandoned, it...
