Information About

Chilkat Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Chilkat Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 11' 17.002" N,
144 ° 17' 33" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Chitina

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Chilkat Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Controller Bay, 8 mi. E of Katalla, Malaspina Coastal Plain. 4.5 miles long.

History

Tlingit Indian name given to this stream by prospectors in 1903 and reported in 1904 by G. C. Martin (1905, p. 13), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).