Information About

Copper City

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Location

55 ° 8' 8.002" N,
132 ° 36' 33.001" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Hydaburg

Elevation

56 ft (17.07 m)

Copper City in Detail.

About

site of village, on SW coast of Prince of Wales I., 5.5 mi. N of Lime Point, on E shore of Hetta Inlet, Alex. Arch.

History

Local name reported in 1905 by E. F. Dickins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Current sources show this is an abandoned mining camp.

Topo Maps

Craig A-2 (1948), Craig A-2 (1951), Craig A-2 (1951), Craig A-2 (1951), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1952), Craig (1957), Craig (1957), Craig (1957), Craig A-2 (1996), Craig A-2 NW (2017),

Places Near Copper City

Cities:

Copper City, Coppermount, Hetta, Sulzer,

Archipelagos:

Areas:

Bars:

Basins:

Bays:

Alder Cove, Clam Cove, Cleva Bay, Copper Harbor, Deer Bay, Dova Bay, Eek Inlet, Hassiah Inlet, Hetta Cove, Hetta Inlet, Kasook Inlet, Kassa Inlet, Keete Inlet, Klakas Inlet, Mabel Bay, Mud Bay, Nutkwa Inlet, Portage Bay, Shoe Inlet, Touchit Cove,

Capes:

Corbin Point, Davidson Point, Eek Point, Hetta Point, Kassa Point, Keete Point, Lime Point, Nutkwa Point, Round Point, Saltery Point, Simmons Point, Point Webster,

Channels:

Gould Passage, Jackson Passage, Sukkwan Strait, Sulzer Passage,

Dams:

Hydaburg Dam,

Flats:

Sukkwan Lake,

Islands:

Abalone Island, Blanket Island, Clump Island, Dell Island, Flat Island, Gould Island, Grass Island, Helen Island, Jackson Island, Jumbo Island, Kassa Island, Keete Island, Lacey Island, Mabel Island, Mellen Rock, Shoe Island,

Lakes:

Eek Lake, Lake Gertrude, Hetta Lake, Lake Isabel, Lake Josephine, Lake Marge, Lake Mellen, Nutkwa Lagoon, Rock Lake, Summit Lake,

Mine:

Corbin Mine,

Mountains:

Barren Mountain, Beaver Mountain, Billie Mountain, Copper Mountain, Green Monster Mountain, Hetta Mountain, Mount Jumbo, Rock Butte,

Mountain Passes:

Sukkwan Narrows,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Big Creek, Bully Boy Creek, Cave Creek, Dog Salmon Creek, Hetta Creek, Jumbo Creek, Perry Creek, Polk Creek, Portage Creek, Reynolds Creek, Rock Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Wright Creek,

Routes:

Sulzer Portage,

Cities:

Polk Inlet,

Waterfalls:

Nutkwa Falls,