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Oliver Inlet

Oliver Inlet

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
About

at N end of Glass Peninsula, trends NW to Stephens Passage, 5 mi. SW of False Arden and 11 mi. SE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History of Oliver Inlet

Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by US@C&GS in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 150).

Places Near Oliver Inlet
Cities:

New Boston, Sikanasankian, Treadwell, Tsantikihin,

Areas:

Gull City, Pack Creek Co-op Management Area, Pack Creek Research Natural Area,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats,

Basins:

Evergreen Bowl, Last Chance Basin, Silverbow Basin,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, Green Cove, King Salmon Bay, Oliver Inlet, Sunny Cove, Swan Cove,

Beaches:

Ready Bullion Beach,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Point Hilda, Icy Point, Norway Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point,

Channels:

Gastineau Channel,

Cities:

Juneau,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam, Douglas Island Reservoir Dam,

Glaciers:

Quartz Glacier,

Hills:

Court House Hill, Jamestown Hill, Starr Hill, Taku Hill,

Islands:

Bug Island, Douglas Island, Grand Island, Juneau Island, Marmion Island, Swan Island,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Cropley Lake, Slide Lake, Young Lake,

Mine:

The Glory Hole, Treadwell Glory Hole,

Mountains:

Mount Anderson, Mount Bradley, Bulger Hill, Clark Peak, Gastineau Peak, Groundhog Hill, Hawthorne Peak, Mount Juneau, Mount Maria, McDonough Peak, Middle Peak, Mineral Hill, North Rhine Peak, Olds Mountain, Roberts Peak, Saddle Mountain, Sheep Mountain, South Rhine Peak, Table Top Mountain, Mount Troy, West Peak,

Parks:

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Chicken Ridge, Gold Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, The Horn, Juneau Ridge, Powerline Ridge, Salmon Creek Divide, Sheep Creek Divide, Twin Summit Ridge,

Rivers:

King Salmon River,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Bear Creek, Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Bullion Creek, Carlson Creek, Cross Bay Creek, Dupont Creek, Eagle Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Gold Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Grindstone Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Hilda Creek, Ice Creek, Kowee Creek, Lawson Creek, Little Sheep Creek, Lurvey Creek, Neilson Creek, Nevada Creek, Pack Creek, Paris Creek, Ready Bullion Creek, Rhine Creek, Salmon Creek, Sheep Creek, Sheep Fork, Snowslide Creek, Stink Creek,

Routes:

Marmion Island Trail, Moller Ski Trail, Mount Roberts Trail, Perserverance Trail, Point Bishop - Dupont Trail,

Valleys:

Arctic Gulch, Crooked Gulch, Dix Gulch, Geary Gulch, Glacier Basin, Gold Creek Valley, Goldstein Gulch, Grouse Gulch, Hardscrabble Gulch, Icy Gulch, Impregnable Basin, Lurvey Basin, Marmot Valley, Nugget Gulch, Prospect Gulch, Quartz Gulch (historical), Roberts Gulch, Sheep Creek Basin, Snowslide Gulch, Specimen Creek, Spring Gulch, Timber Gulch,

Cities:

Douglas, Starr Hill, Thane, West Juneau,

Waterfalls:

Alaska Chief Falls, Ebner Falls, Grindstone Falls, Lost Rocker Falls, Suicide Falls,

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Sandhill Crane, Marbled Murrelet, Canada Goose, Pacific Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, American Crow, Bald Eagle, Herring Gull, Barn Swallow, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, White-winged Scoter, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Gull, Harlequin Duck, Black Oystercatcher, Spotted Sandpiper, Common Murre, Bonaparte's Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Arctic Tern, Pelagic Cormorant, Hermit Thrush