1799 – Sixty Native Alaskan Bidarka’s lost in storm, Hinchinbrook Entrance, S.C. AK–200

–200 Alaska Shipwrecks. A Comprehensive Accounting of Alaska Shipwrecks…Losses of Life…
–200 AK Bur. Ocean Energy Mgmt., Reg., Enforce. Alaska’s Worst All Time Shipping Losses.

Narrative Information

AK BOEM: “1799…Native bidarkas…sixty boats…Lost in storm…Hinchinbrook Entrance … 200 lost.” (Alaska Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. Alaska’s Worst All Time Shipping Losses.)

Alaska Shipwrecks: “BIDARKAS (60) (1799) One of the worst disasters in Alaskan waters occurred in 1799 when sixty bidarkas were caught in a sudden storm off of Cape Hinchinbrook and 200 men were lost.

“Mapping and Location: South Central Alaska 60 20 N 146 50 W

“Source: Shipwrecks of the Alaskan Shelf and Shore (1992).”

Sources

Alaska Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. Alaska’s Worst All Time Shipping Losses. Accessed 7-18-2011 at: http://www.alaska.boemre.gov/ref/ships/

Alaskashipwreck.com. Alaska Shipwrecks. A Comprehensive Accounting of Alaska Shipwrecks and Losses of Life in Alaskan Waters. Accessed 10-31-2021 at: https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/