Windham Bay
Windham Bay is located 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Juneau, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Windham Bay is listed as site 6 within Southeast Alaska's Zone 3 of the Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation's Geographic Response Strategy oil spill response plan [1]. Part of the bay is a protected wilderness area; the Chuck River Wilderness, established in 1990 by the United States Congress, covers an area of 74,506 acres (30,152 ha). The Chuck River flows into Windham Bay, which has a protected anchorage north of Port Houghton, where the historic Chuck Mining Camp once operated.
The earliest gold production in Alaska occurred in Windham Bay and Sumdum Bay in 1870-71 subsequent to an 1869 gold placer deposit discovery at the two locations. The Windham Bay Gold Mining Company was located .75 miles (1.21 km) from the bay, on the south slopes of Spruce Creek. It consisted of nine claims known as the "Red Wing" group.
The bay is at the mouth of the Chuck River, a stream 7 miles (11 km) in length, which flows into the Windham Bay north of Port Houghton at 57°35′02″N 133°21′25″W / 57.584°N 133.357°W. A sheltered tidal flat, the bay habitat consists of marshy land and estuaries. While the bay is a protected anchorage for use by boaters from Stephens Passage, the valley formed upstream of the bay by Chuck River has elevations varying from sea level to about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) on its eastern extremity. A narrow inlet, 8 miles (13 km) in length, has an entrance 22 miles (35 km) above Cape Fanshaw. From its entrance, which is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, the bay narrows rapidly to a neck .2 miles (0.32 km) wide connecting with a deep inner basin nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) in length and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide. At the head of the bay is an extensive tide flat.
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