Fox Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of islands, including Unimak and Unalaska, in the Aleutian chain, SW Alaska.

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Fox Islands

This would extend the Bering Sea boundary west and south to Alaska’s Fox Islands, through Unimak Pass to the edge of the continental slope, the agency said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022

On the evening of the summer solstice of 2013, I moored my sailboat in the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, one of the most beautiful places I know.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 5, 2014

The boat capsized early Monday near the Fox Islands, west of Charlevoix during the Chicago Yacht Club race.

From Newsweek ● Jul. 18, 2011

A cannery was started at Carver Harbor, Fox Islands, in 1851, and another at Southwest Harbor in 1853.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by John N. (John Nathan) Cobb

We may soon expect to hear that the Russians, now instructed by us where to find the American continent, have extended their voyages from the Fox Islands to Cook's River, and Prince William's Sound.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Robert Kerr

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