Old Kake Dam

Old Kake Dam is a dam in Petersburg Borough, Alaska. Old Kake Dam is situated nearby to the aerodrome Kake Seaplane Base, as well as near Kake Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kake Seaplane Base and Kake Airport.

Kake Seaplane Base

Aerodrome

Kake Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base located in Kake, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the U.S.

Kake Airport

Aerodrome

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Kake Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Kake, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Kake Airport is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Kake Dam.

Kake Cannery

Building

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The Kake Cannery is a historic fish processing facility near Kake, Alaska. Operated by a variety of companies between 1912 and 1977, the cannery was one of many which operated in Southeast Alaska, an area historically rich in salmon. Kake Cannery is situated 1 mile southeast of Old Kake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kake.

Kake

Village

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Kake is a first-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kake had a population of 543. The name comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱ʼ or Ḵéex̱ʼ, which is derived from ḵée 'dawn, daylight' and x̱ʼé 'mouth', i.e.

Old Kake Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Petersburg Census Area, Unorganized Borough, United States of America
Location: Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

56.97833° or 56° 58′ 42″ north

Longitude

-133.94° or 133° 56′ 24″ west

Elevation

135 feet (41 metres)

Open location code

9488X3H6+82

GeoNames ID

5556174

Wikidata ID

Q48994976

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In Other Languages

“Old Kake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Old Kake Dam”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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