. English: Northwest Fisheries Company buildings at Boca de Quadra estuary, ca. 1912 . English: Caption on image: Fisheries Co., Boca de Quadra, Alaska. PH Coll Boca de Quadra is an estuary which extends southwest for 34 miles from Keta River to Revillagigedo Channel. It is a Spanish name meaning 'estuary of Quadra' given in 1792 by Jacinto Caamano for Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra, who took part in expenditions and made surveys in southeast Alaska in 1775-1779. This name was adopted by Capt. George Vancouver, who explored this estuary in 1793. Subjects (LCTGM): Northwest Fisheri
. English: Northwest Fisheries Company buildings at Boca de Quadra estuary, ca. 1912 . English: Caption on image: Fisheries Co., Boca de Quadra, Alaska. PH Coll Boca de Quadra is an estuary which extends southwest for 34 miles from Keta River to Revillagigedo Channel. It is a Spanish name meaning 'estuary of Quadra' given in 1792 by Jacinto Caamano for Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra, who took part in expenditions and made surveys in southeast Alaska in 1775-1779. This name was adopted by Capt. George Vancouver, who explored this estuary in 1793. Subjects (LCTGM): Northwest Fisheries Company--Facilities--Alaska; (Boca de Quadra, Alaska); Bays (Bodies of water)--Alaska Subjects (LCSH): Salmon canneries--Alaska--Boca de Quadra . circa 1912 64 Northwest Fisheries Company buildings at Boca de Quadra estuary, ca 1912 (THWAITES 344)
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