Information About

Wood Spit

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Kake

About

on S shore of Holkham Bay at entrance to Endicott Arm, 3 mi. E of Point Astley and 50 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History of Wood Spit

Name applied in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), "because it was wooded;" published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 147).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sumdum C-5 (1948), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum C-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Wood Spit

Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Dry Bay, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Astley, Point Coke, Point League, Rock Point, Snettisham Peninsula, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Taylor Lake,

Mountains:

Meigs Peak, Mount Sumdum,

Streams:

Gilbert Creek, Powers Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,