Information About

Eyak

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Eyak on The Map

Location

60 ° 31' 34.658" N,
145 ° 38' 6.418" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Eyak in Detail.

About

along Copper River Highway, 5.5 mi. SE of Cordova, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Former Eskimo village reported in 1869 as "Hyacks" by Major General W. E. Halleck, USA. It was listed by Ivan Petroff in the 1880 Census as "Ihiak." The population was 94 in 1890; 222 in 1900. In 1899 Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), reported it as a cannery called "Odiak" with a population of 273 (Hodge, 1907, p. 448).

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova C-5 SE (1983), Cordova C-5 (2000), Cordova C-5 SE (2014),
Places Near Eyak
Cities:

Eyak,

Bars:

Fleming Spit, North Rock, South Rock,

Bays:

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

Capes:

Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, 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:

Beaver Lake, Cabin Lake, Corser Lake, Crater Lake, Eleanor Lake, Lake Elsner, Eyak Lake, Ibeck Pond, Island Lake, Meals Lake, Meeks Pond, Middle Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Scott Lake, Scout Lake, Sellen Lake, Siamese Lakes,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Kelly Mountain, 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:

Beartrail Creek, 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, Parson Falls Creek, Pete Dahl Slough, Power Creek, Raging Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Rogue Creek, Simpson Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Tiedeman Slough, Wesley Falls Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail, Lake Elsner Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca,

Waterfalls:

Ohman Falls,