Information About

Hutchins Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Hutchins Bay on The Map

Location

58 ° 32' 17.002" N,
135 ° 52' 18.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Hutchins Bay in Detail.

About

just W of Beardslee Island in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Monument, 55 mi. NW of Juneau, St. Elias Mts. 4.2 miles long.

History

Named by the US@C&GS in 1942 because the boy's southern arm is the nesting place for large numbers of Hutchins geese (Branta canadensis hutchinsii).