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Mount Middleton

Mount Middleton

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Ketchikan Gateway
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 5338 ft (1627.02 m)
About

On the Alaska-Canada boundary, 34 mi. NW of Hyder, 10 mi SE of Mount Stoeckl, Coast Mts.

History of Mount Middleton

Named in 1924 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Henry Middleton, 1771-1846, U.S. minister to Russia, 1820-1830, who "negotiated treaty with Russia, 1824, regulating trade and fisheries in the Pacific Ocean and northwest coast of America, and establishing the line of 544000 as the southern limit of Russian settlement."