Mechanics Bay the bordering headlands. Closest to Point Britomart was Official Bay, so called because many government officials lived there during the 1840s. Almost contiguous with Official Bay was Mechanics Bay. It took its name from its use in housing the labour force the government had brought to construct the new capital. Mechanics Bay contained the mouth of the stream issuing from the springs in the Auckland Domain to the south. The Bay had a broad, flat beach where Māori had long been in the habit of beaching their waka (canoes). Next to Mechanics Bay was St Georges Bay and then Judges
Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in Larsen Bay, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,933 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 3,009 enplanements in 2009, and 2,597 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "non-primary commercial service" airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year). Larsen Bay Airport resides at elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It