Executive Order 1248

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that the reservation on Hawkins Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska, made for the use of the Navy as a coaling station by Executive Order of March 18, 1908 (No. 771), be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the War Department as a site for coast-defense fortifications. Said reservation is represented on U. S. Coast and Geodetic Chart No. 8520 as being in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and bounded as follows:

On the north and east by Orca Bay and on the south by Orca Inlet, on the west by Canoe Passage, situated in approximate latitude 60° 30′ north, and longitude 146° west.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

September 26, 1910.

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order 771, March 18, 1908

Revoked by:

• Public Land Order 359, March 14, 1947 (12 FR 1944)