Information About

Sumdum

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 40' 19.999" N,
133 ° 29' 3.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Sumdum in Detail.

About

population 42 (1890), at head of Sanford Cove on S shore of Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I. and 55 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Former mining town named for Sumdum Glacier; Sumdum post office was intermittently maintained here from 1897 to 1942 (Ricks, 1965, p. 62). This may be the same Sumdum which Hodge (1910, p. 649), Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE), listed as a Tlingit Indian village located at Port Houghton. He noted the population in 1868 as 150.

Topo Maps

Sumdum C-5 (1948), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum C-5 NE (2017),
Places Near Sumdum
Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Dry Bay, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Sunset Cove, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Astley, Point Coke, Point League, Rock Point, Rocky Point, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island, Sunset Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Taylor Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Sumdum,

Rivers:

Chuck River,

Streams:

Libby Creek, Powers Creek, Slate Creek, Spruce Creek, Sylvia Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,

Cities:

Hobart Bay,