Southeast Alaska · AK
Petersburg
Little Norway, on Wrangell Narrows.
- Population
- 3,043 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1910
- Seafood in 2011
- 101 million pounds
- Tides
- Two highs, two lows a day
Then
- Late 1800s
Norwegian immigrant Peter Buschmann builds a cannery, sawmill and docks.
- 1910
Petersburg incorporates on April 2.
- 1965
Local fishermen found what becomes Icicle Seafoods.
Now
Commercial fishing drives the town, and Mayfest celebrates Norwegian Constitution Day. The Petersburg Indian Association, a Tlingit tribe, is based here. This place includes Thomas Bay and Duncan Canal.
On the water
From NOAA's predictions for Petersburg, AK over the next 365 days. Heights are in feet above mean lower low water (MLLW).
- Pattern
- Two highs and two lows a day, close in size
- Typical daily range
- 15.7 ft
- Biggest swing
- 23.6 ft on Dec 24
- Smallest swing
- 5.9 ft on Nov 16
- Highest high
- 19.8 ft, Dec 24 at 12:47 PM
- Lowest low
- −4.2 ft, Jul 5 at 9:01 AM
12 tide stations around Petersburg
- Petersburgin town
- Turn Point1.3 mi
- Brown Cove7.6 mi
- Papke's Landing9.4 mi
- Anchor Point12.1 mi
- Castle Islands, Duncan Canal13.9 mi
- Thomas Bay14.3 mi
- Beecher Pass15.1 mi
- Ideal Cove, Mitkof Island15.8 mi
- Cosmos Point16.5 mi
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- Point Lockwood, Woewodski Island17.6 mi
- Dry Strait19.9 mi