Prince of Wales Island

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Prince of Wales Island is a large, forested island in Southeast Alaska known for its rich Haida cultural heritage, abundant wildlife, and extensive karst and cave systems.

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Label Occurrences
Prince of Wales Island canonical 8
Prince of Wales Island group 1

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Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
populated place
administeredBy Alaska
surface form: State of Alaska
borderedBy Clarence Strait
Dixon Entrance
Sumner Strait
climate cool, wet climate
maritime climate
contains Cavern Lake Cave
El Capitan Cave
country United States of America
surface form: United States
geologicalFeature karst topography
limestone caves
governingBody City of Coffman Cove
City of Craig
Hydaburg
surface form: City of Hydaburg

Klawock
surface form: City of Klawock

City of Thorne Bay
hasAirport Craig Seaplane Base
Hydaburg Seaplane Base
Klawock Airport
hasCulturalSite Haida totem poles
traditional Haida villages
hasEcosystem temperate rainforest
hasForestType old-growth spruce-hemlock forest
hasHaidaCommunity Hydaburg
hasIndigenousName Taan
hasPort Craig harbor
Klawock harbor
hasRoadNetwork Prince of Wales Island road system
hasSettlement Hydaburg
hasWildlife mule deer
surface form: Sitka black-tailed deer

bald eagle
black bear
humpback whale
orca
salmon
indigenousPeople Haida Nation
surface form: Haida

Tlingit
Tsimshian
knownFor abundant wildlife
extensive cave systems
extensive karst systems
rich Haida cultural heritage
largestCityOnIsland Craig
locatedIn Alaska
Alexander Archipelago
Southeastern Alaska
surface form: Southeast Alaska
managedBy U.S. Forest Service
surface form: United States Forest Service
nearbyCity Ketchikan
nearbyIsland Revillagigedo Island
partOf Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area
primaryEconomicActivity commercial fishing
timber industry
tourism
protectedAreaOnIsland Tongass National Forest
terrain heavily forested
timeZone Alaska Time Zone
tourismAttraction caving
sea kayaking
sport fishing
wildlife viewing
townOnIsland Coffman Cove
Craig
Hydaburg
Klawock
Thorne Bay

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Haida traditionalRegion Prince of Wales Island
Southeastern Alaska contains Prince of Wales Island
Alexander Archipelago hasLargestIsland Prince of Wales Island
Panhandle of Alaska contains Prince of Wales Island
X̱aad Kíl languageOf Prince of Wales Island
Haida language spokenIn Prince of Wales Island
Victoria Island separatedFrom Prince of Wales Island
Dixon Entrance locatedNear Prince of Wales Island
Possession Island nearbyIslandGroup Prince of Wales Island
this entity surface form: Prince of Wales Island group