Information About

Candle Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Candle Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 54' 51.998" N,
161 ° 55' 10.999" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Tributaries

Blank Creek, Coarse Gold Creek, Eureka Creek, Howie Creek, Jump Creek, Patterson Creek, Potato Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Quartz Creek, Thomas Creek, Willow Creek, Dacy Gulch, Rain Gulch,

Candle Creek in Detail.

About

flows NE to the Kiwalik River, 54 mi. NW of Haycock, Seward Peninsula High. 16 miles long.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by D. C. Witherspoon (in Moffit, 1905, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is derived from a bush or shrub that grew along the banks of the stream, which resembled "candlewood" or "greasewood" in that it will light a fire easily (Hick, 1954, p. 14).

Topo Maps

Candle D-6 (1951), Candle D-6 (1951), Candle D-6 (1951), Candle (1951), Candle (1951), Candle (1951), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1955), Candle (1964), Candle D-6 NW (2017),
Related Places
Dacy Gulch, Rain Gulch,
Places Near Candle Creek
Bays:

Kiwalik Lagoon, Spafarief Bay,

Capes:

Motherwood Point,

Rivers:

Kiwalik River, Middle Channel Kiwalik River, Mud Creek Channel Kiwalik River, North Channel Kiwalik River,

Streams:

Blank Creek, Bonanza Creek, Bone Creek, Burnside Creek, Candle Creek, Connolly Creek, Eldorado Creek, Eureka Creek, First Chance Creek, Grouse Creek, Howie Creek, Hunter Creek, Jump Creek, Kirk Creek, Lava Creek, Limestone Creek, Little Creek, Minnehaha Creek, Mosquito Creek, Mud Channel Creek, Mud Creek, Patterson Creek, Potato Creek, Quartz Creek, Richmond Creek, Thomas Creek, Tunnel Creek, Virginia Creek, Wabash Creek, Willow Creek,

Valleys:

Dacy Gulch, Rain Gulch,

Cities:

Candle, Kiwalik,