Cape Pole is a former census-designated place (CDP) and populated place on the eastern shore of Fishermans Harbor, on the southwest coast of Kosciusko Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska.

February 24, 1944, Coast Guard Cutter McLane delivers mail to Cape Pole while on Cape Decision Patrol [2] 1946 Beginnings of Forest Entomology in Alaska: A Spruce Beetle Outbreak on Kosciusko Island Sets the Stage[3] WWII Initially logging on Kosciusco Island was based out of Edna Bay during World War II.

1975/1976 Telephone and Television come to Cape Pole[6][7] Lawrenson's wife Stella was a nurse and handled injuries that did not require a doctor.

In those days the trip to town to see a doctor was a major undertaking, so most medical issues were handled by Stella.

It is not entirely clear when the earliest residents of Cape Pole first moved there, but there were people with private property before and after the logging camp times.

A cargo boat, the Island Trader,[9][10] operated out of Ketchikan delivered heavier freight and sometimes vehicles.