Information About

Mountain Slough

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 28' 31.001" N,
145 ° 44' 21.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Wildlife

Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden

Mountain Slough in Detail.

About

distributary of Eyak River, flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 5 mi. S of Cordova, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Local name reported in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova B-5 (1951), Cordova B-5 (1951), Cordova B-5 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova B-5 (1953), Cordova B-5 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova B-5 (2000), Cordova B-5 NW (2014),
Places Near Mountain Slough
Cities:

Eyak,

Bars:

Copper Sands, Fleming Spit, Government Rock, North Rock, South Rock,

Bays:

Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Hartney Bay, Middle Arm, Mud Bay, Nelson Bay, Odiak Slough, Shipyard Bay, Simpson Bay, Three Mile Bay,

Capes:

Point Whitshed, Big Point, Bluff Point, Bomb Point, Fox Point, Gravel Point, Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Orca Inlet, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Eyak Lake Dam, Humpback Creek Number 1 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 2 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 3 Dam, Meals Lake Dam,

Islands:

Boy Scout Island, Channel Islands, Egg Islands, Grass Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Eyak Lake, Hole-in-the-wall, Ibeck Pond, Meals Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Scout Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Snyder Mountain, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Big Glacier, Center Slough, Joe Reeves Slough, Johnson Slough, Little Glacier Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Rude River, Scott River, Sheridan River,

Streams:

Big Glacier Slough,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Currin Slough, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Government Slough, Hartney Creek, Heney Creek, Humpback Creek, Ibeck Creek, Lydick Slough, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Orca Creek, Power Creek, Raging Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Rogue Creek, Simpson Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Wesley Falls Creek, Windy Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca,

Waterfalls:

Ohman Falls,