Sumner Strait

{{Short description|Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States}}

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Sumner Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is about {{convert|80|mi|km}} long and {{convert|10|mi|km}} wide, extending from the mouth of the Stikine River to Iphigenia Bay on the Gulf of Alaska, separating Mitkof Island, Kupreanof Island, and Kuiu Island on the north from Zarembo Island and Prince of Wales Island on the south.{{gnis|1896836}} and {{gnis|1896835}} (two pages about the same feature)

The fur trader William Brown was the first European to visit the strait about 1793. Later the same year James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition, charted it.{{cite book

| last = Vancouver

| first = George, and John Vancouver

| title = A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world

| publisher = J. Stockdale

| year = 1801

| location = London

| url = https://archive.org/details/avoyagediscover00vancgoog}} It was named in 1875 by W. H. Dall in honor of Charles Sumner.

The Cape Decision Light is a notable aid-to-navigation on Sumner Strait.

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