Stephens Passage

Stephens Passage runs between Admiralty Island and the mainland of southeastern Alaska, a long channel among the islands and inlets of Tlingit country. On the island's northern shore lies Tsaa T'ei Héen, remembered as an important village of the Aak'w Ḵwáan before their move to Auke Bay. Canoes connected such settlements with fishing grounds and neighbouring territories. In 1799 the American trader Richard Cleveland sailed the Caroline through the passage.