Information About

Ohmer Slough

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 46' 0.001" N,
133 ° 12' 50" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kupreanof

Ohmer Slough in Detail.

About

Indenting the E shore of Duncan Canal on Kupreanof Island, 0.5 mi S of the mouth of Duncan Creek, on W coast of Lindenberg Peninsula, Alex. Arch.

History

Local name reported in 1933 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who misapplied it to Mitchell Slough 4 miles to the southeast. The name is said to have been given for Earl Ohmer, a former resident of Petersburg who died about 1952.