Skookum Volcano

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Skookum Volcano from the Nabesna Road, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, July 2012.

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rebelgrizz

Outstanding

Voted 10/10

photo!

Posted Jul 24, 2012 11:32 pm


	chugach mtn boy	Re: awesome!
	Hasn't voted	It's a gorgeous area. This was our first time down that road even though I've been in Alaska for about 25 years--and my wife and I were the only people out there on a summer Sunday. Forgotten corner of a mostly forgotten park.
		Posted Jul 25, 2012 3:26 am

macintosh

Like Jim Skookum ?

Hasn't voted

Does anybody know if there a link between this volcano's name and Jim Mason Skookum, the guy who discovered gold in Bonanza Creek (Yukon) in august 1896 ?

Posted Jul 25, 2012 5:48 am


	chugach mtn boy	Re: Like Skookum Jim ?
	Hasn't voted	According to a USGS publication, it was named for Skookum Creek, which is nearby. But was Skookum Creek named for Skookum Jim Mason? Seems possible--Right near Skookum Creek is Jim Creek, and Nabesna is an area the Yukon prospectors would have gotten into. But a more likely explanation is probably the connection between the word "skookum" and devils in the minds of the pioneers: http://www.network54.com/Forum/28799/message/1006462519/I+never+met+Ed+F. Skookum Creek is right near Devil's Mountain (across the valley from the volcano).
		Posted Jul 25, 2012 11:57 am