History of Sledge Island

Named August 5, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 441), RN: "We found, a little way from the shore where we landed, a sledge, which occassioned this name being given to the island." According to Martin Sauer the Eskimo name is "Ayak." Captain Beechey (1831, p. 291-292), Royal Navy (RN), noted: "it is singular that this island, which was named Sledge Island by Captain Cook, from the circumstances of one of these implements being found upon it, should be called by a word signifying the same thing in Esquimaux language."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Sledge Island

Ayak, Aziak, Sunvalluk,

Cape Rodney, West Point,

Sledge Island,

Sinuk River,

Camp Creek, Dry Creek, Granite Creek, Quartz Creek, Sinuk,