![]() The men got 20 cents per hour, and children, including “one little boy eight years old who worked 9 hours every day”, received 10 cents per hour. A 1905 description notes that the cannery employed 73 men, “All Indians except the superintendent and perhaps a half dozen Chinamen”. ![]() In the first year (which may have included construction crews), it was reported that there were 65 white workers, 30 native Alaskans, and 38 Chinese workers. That’s all I’ve got for now.Employment in the early years included many local Tlingit people, perhaps the background for the company’s name. Similar to the old California Coastline project (but hopefully with less Barbra Streisand), the Alaska Shorezone Viewer allows you to pull up images (and video) of almost the entire Alaska coast! The interface is a little clunky and takes some getting used to, but the images are amazing! However, if you zoom all the way in on Bing Maps, you’ll get some decently high-resolution imagery (although the light balance is bad). With commercial satellite maps, most companies have yet to include much coverage of Funter Bay. This is in Color Infrared or CIR, meaning vegetation is shown in false-color red, and you can discern different types of vegetation from the different shades of red (so clearcuts and patches of different trees stand out from the predominant spruce):ġ982 aerial photo (Color Infrared, click to open very large original):ġ996 or 1998 aerial photo (current residents may be able to pick out their houses and cabins in this one!):Ģ004 satellite image (sorry, not as high-res):Īnd just for fun, here are a few of my own photos from various aircraft passing over Funter.Ģ010 oblique aerial looking South-ish over Crab Cove, coming through the pass from Juneau:Ģ011 oblique of Funter Bay as seen looking NW-ish, from an Alaska Airlines jet: ![]() We did have a framed copy of the image above when I was a kid. I find it interesting that they show the cabins near Clear Point as well as the cabin between the creeks at Crab Cove.ġ979 CIR aerial, taken from a NASA U-2 Spyplane as part of the Alaska High Altitude Aerial Photo project: I have highlighted structures shown on the OMCA map in red. I’ll try to highlight a few of these in a later post.ġ951 vicinity map (USGS terrain-shaded topo):ġ962 map by the Overseas Mineral Cooperation Association (a Japanese mineral investment group): The 1948 aerial above is cool because it shows many of the old docks and waterfront structures that are now gone. Nautical Charts were produced by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey (later NOAA), and some can be found at ġ914 nautical chart (essentially the same as the 1905 edition):ġ921 USGS map showing some of the mining claims on the South Shore:ġ948 aerial photo (click to open detailed original scale): Most of the topographic maps are products of the USGS, and can be found at The aerial photos are public domain data, produced by the Department of the Interior / United States Geological Survey. I have collected these from several sources. Some of the aerials are very large files, click them if you’d like to view the originals, but give them a few seconds to fully load (they may look grainy or pixelated at first). ![]() If you’re a boater thinking of visiting Funter, take a look at some of the low-tide images before you take a short-cut, or you may be the next boat that someone has to pull off the sandbar! (Also think of the wind direction and bottom type, the anchors shown as moorage locations on the nautical charts are kind of another local joke… people end up dragging anchor if they use those spots in the wrong winds). The difference between high and low tide is also striking. I wish I’d had this collection when I was a kid! They are great for seeing the rise and fall of development around the bay. Here is a compilation of maps and aerial photos showing Funter Bay over more than 100 years.
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