Alaska Gazetteer
Spuhn Island is a physical feature (island) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Spuhn Island places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Spuhn Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | off SW coast of Mendenhall Peninsula in Fritz Cove, 2 mi. W of Entrance Point and 9 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1880 by Captain L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), for Carl Sphyn, 1855-1927, of the Northwest Trading Company. He was born in Germany and came to Juneau soon after the town was founded in 1881 and operated the company's store, and engaged in mining. Later he moved to Killisnoo where he managed the herring fishery and reduction plant, and served as postmaster and Commissioner (DeArmond, 1957, p. 40). The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 173). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3363876343 |
| Longitude: | -134.657775879 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Spuhn Island: Spuhn Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Spuhn Island does not include property ownership information.
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