Grindall Island
{{Short description|Island in Alaska, United States}}
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{{Infobox islands
| name = Grindall Island
| image_name = Boat at Grindall Island.jpg
| image_caption = A boat moored to the buoy in the north cove of Grindall Island
| image_size =
| location = Clarence Strait, Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska
| coordinates = {{coord|55|26|38|N|132|07|44|W|scale:100000|display=inline,title}}
| area_sqmi = 1.5
| length_mi = 1.5
| width_mi = 1
| country = United States
| country_admin_divisions_title = State
| country_admin_divisions = Alaska
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = County
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska
}}
Grindall Island is an island in the Grindall Island State Marine Park {{convert|18|mi|km}} west of Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. The island is in a remote area, only accessible by boat or plane.{{cite web|title=Grindall Island State Marine Park|url=http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspunits/southeast/grindallimp.htm|work=Official website|publisher=Alaska Department of Natural Resources|accessdate=11 May 2011}}
Captain George Vancouver named the nearby Grindall Point and Grindall Passage after his former sailing companion, the late Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grindall. The state of Alaska later named Grindall Island in line with the point and passage.
Geography
Grindall Island is located in Clarence Strait off Grindall Point on the east side of Prince of Wales Island west of Ketchikan. The island has two lakes in the center with marshland around them.
History
A homestead was established between 1922 and the 1950s on Grindall Island, and it was operated as a fox farming island.
Marine State Park
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Category:State parks of Alaska
Category:Islands of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska
Category:Protected areas of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska
Category:Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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