New Eddystone Rock an Alaskan island located in Behm Canal, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Ketchikan.

[1] Bathymetric studies of the floor of Behm Canal show that New Eddystone was not the only volcano that emerged as the crust buckled.

55°30′13″N 130°56′09″W / 55.50361°N 130.93583°W / 55.50361; -130.93583How the native Tlingit people discovered the island, their name for it, and what role it played in their lives prior to European contact is lost to history.

In his report to King George III, he wrote, We stopped to breakfast and whilst we were thus engaged, three small canoes, with about a dozen of the natives, landed and approached us unarmed, and with the utmost good humor accepted such presents as were offered to them, making signs in return, that they had brought nothing to dispose of, but inviting us in the most pressing manner to their habitations[6]Vancouver chose not to accept the invitation, but instead continued exploring north.

He named the island for the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, England, a pillar that also erupted from a narrow base at sea level.

Much of Southeast Alaska, including New Eddystone Rock, was incorporated into Tongass National Forest through a series of proclamations by President Theodore Roosevelt.