The boundaries of the borough are:

Beginning east of the eastern shore of Prince of Wales Island to a point along the midline of Clarence Strait that is due west of the northwest section corner of Section 14, Township 72 South, Range 86 East (55 degrees 38 minutes 3 seconds north, 132 degrees 16 minutes 32 seconds west, NAD 27); thence easterly to a point on the shore of Cleveland Peninsula designated as 55 degrees 38 minutes 5 seconds north, 132 degrees 11 minutes 50 seconds west (NAD 27), that lies within the southeast corner of Section 10, Township 72 South, Range 86 East; thence along the aforementioned drainage boundary, along an unnamed ridge in a northeasterly direction that traverses through Sections 10, 11, 12, 1, Township 72 South, Range 86 East; and Sections 6, 5, 4, Township 72 South, Range 87 East; thence northerly along a drainage boundary in Sections 33, 28, 21, 16, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, Township 71 South, Range 87 East; Sections 30, 19, 20, 17, 18, 7, 6, Township 71 South, Range 88 East; Sections 31, 32, 29, 20, 21, 16, 17, 8, 5, 6, Township 70 South, Range 88 East; Section 31, Township 69 South, Range 88 East; Sections 36, 25, 24, Township 69 South, Range 87 East; and Sections 19, 18, 17, 8, Township 69 South, Range 88 East, to the intersection of the Ketchikan/Wrangell Ranger District boundaries; thence northeasterly following the Ketchikan/Wrangell Ranger District boundaries to the Alaska/Canada border; thence southeasterly and southwesterly following the Alaska/Canada border to the boundary dividing Misty Fjords National Monument and unrestricted Tongass National Forest lands; thence southerly along the boundary dividing Misty Fjords National Monument and unrestricted Tongass National Forest lands to the Alaska/Canada border located within the Portland Canal; thence southerly along the Alaska/Canada border located within Portland Canal through Tongass Passage where it meets the Exclusive Economic Zone Limit; thence westerly following the Exclusive Economic Zone Limit to a point south of the midpoint on a line between Scott Point (on Prince of Wales Island) and Cow Island at approximate latitude 54 degrees 58 minutes north by longitude 131 degrees 49 minutes west; thence north to said midpoint, the point of origin, all with reference to the Copper River Meridian; excluding therefrom, the area within the model borough boundaries of the Annette Island Reserve model borough, as that area is defined by 3 AAC 110.990(9).

The entire area located within the First Judicial District, state of Alaska.

NOTE: All latitude and longitude information has been scaled off from the USGS Alaska Map B, revised 1986. To facilitate the boundary description of the above model borough, area that is outside the jurisdiction of the state of Alaska was included. It is recognized, however, that the jurisdiction of organized boroughs, which are political subdivisions of the state of Alaska, can extend only to the jurisdictional limits of the state of Alaska as designated under AS 44.03.010. [Ord. No. 1490, §1, 7-21-08; Incorporation document. Code 1974 §5.10.010. Code 1969 §1.05.020.]