Chuck River Wilderness

Chuck River Wilderness is a 74,298-acre protected area in the Tongass National Forest of southeastern Alaska, established by Congress in 1990 around the Chuck River and the head of Windham Bay beside Tracy Arm–Fords Terror Wilderness. The Chuck River begins near Port Houghton and flows north through dense forest to Windham Bay. Despite federal protection, some private land remains along the lower river and parts of the bay. The area also preserves signs of earlier human use, including traces at the river mouth, the historic Chuck Mining Camp on Windham Bay, and a small settlement that once occupied parts of the bay, linking wilderness protection with an older resource history.

Hobart Bay, Alaska · United States