Description
Huffman Harbor is located on E shore of Stephens Passage, 0.6 mi. N of Pearl Harbor and 19 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 0.1 mile wide.
History
Named for James Huffman, 1868-1934, who came to Alaska from Ohio in 1887. He worked mining claims around Eagle River, and in 1911 he filed a homestead claim near the mouth of the river.He was drowned near here in 1934 while returning from Douglas in his motorboat (DeArmond, 1957, p. 24).