Information About

Slocum Inlet

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 7' 52" N,
134 ° 3' 42.001" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Slocum Inlet in Detail.

About

on E shore of Stephens Passage, 5 mi. N of Taku Harbor and 17 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1888 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Ensign George Ralph Slocum, U.S. Navy (USN), a member of his party. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 149).