Editing Sumner Strait (section)

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

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| islands            = [[Mitkof Island]], [[Kupreanof Island]], [[Kuiu Island]], [[Zarembo Island]], [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]]
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'''Sumner Strait''' is a [[strait]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in the [[Alaska Panhandle|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 (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] on the south.<ref name=gnis>{{gnis|1896836}} and {{gnis|1896835}} (two pages about the same feature)</ref>

The fur trader William Brown was the first [[Europe]]an to visit the strait about 1793. Later the same year [[James Johnstone (explorer)|James Johnstone]], one of [[George Vancouver]]'s officers during his [[Vancouver Expedition|1791-95 expedition]], charted it.<ref name=Vancouver1801>{{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}}</ref> It was named in 1875 by [[W. H. Dall]] in honor of [[Charles Sumner]].<ref name=gnis/>

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