Information About

Windfall Lake

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 30' 24.872" N,
134 ° 43' 40.037" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Length

0.8 mi (1.29 km)

Elevation

49 ft (14.94 m)

Windfall Lake in Detail.

About

on Windfall Creek, 2 mi. S of terminus of Herbert Glacier and 18 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Name derived from Windfall Creek, which drains it, and first mentioned in mining records in 1894 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 47-48).

Places Near Windfall Lake
Cities:

Auke, Fish Creek,

Archipelagos:

Barlow Islands,

Bars:

Battleship Reef, Cohen Reef, Dornin Rock, Eagle Reef, Faust Rock, Favorite Reef, George Rock, Gibby Rock, Mendenhall Bar, Poundstone Rock,

Basins:

Cottrell Basin, Lower Basin, Yankee Basin,

Bays:

Adams Anchorage, Amalga Harbor, Auke Bay, Auke Nu Cove, Barlow Cove, Eagle Harbor, Echo Cove, Fritz Cove, Halibut Cove, Hand Trollers Cove, Huffman Harbor, Indian Cove, Lena Cove, Pearl Harbor, Shelter Cove, Smugglers Cove, Tee Harbor, Yankee Cove,

Beaches:

The Sand Beach, Eagle Beach,

Capes:

Auke Cape, Barlow Point, Entrance Point, Hut Point, Indian Point, Inspiration Point, Point Lena, Point Louisa, Mendenhall Peninsula, Outer Point, Piling Point, Spaulding Point, Spuhn Point, Point Stephens, Sunny Point, Symonds Point,

Channels:

Favorite Channel, North Pass, Saginaw Channel,

Cliffs:

The Breadline,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam,

Glaciers:

Eagle Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Thiel Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Hills:

Pederson Hill, Tolch Rock,

Islands:

Aaron Island, Barlow Island, Battleship Island, Benjamin Island, Bird Island, Coghlan Island, Cohen Island, Gull Island, Indian Island, Kishbrock Island, North Island, Portland Island, Sentinel Island, Shaman Island, Shelter Island, Spuhn Island, Strauss Rock, Suedla Island,

Lakes:

Auke Lake, Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek, Peterson Lake, Salt Lake, Shelter Lake, Windfall Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Adolph Knopf, Mount Anderson, Auke Mountain, Camp 15 Peak, Dike Mountain, Mount Ernest Gruening, Folded Towers, Horn Spire, Lone Mountain, McGinnis Mountain, Mount Meek, Mustang Peak, The Snow Towers, Stroller White Mountain, Thane Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Treasury Hill, Triangle Peak,

Parks:

Auke Recreation Area, Shelter Island State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Icefall Spires,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Herbert River, Mendenhall River,

Streams:

Arastra Creek, Auke Creek, Auke Nu Creek, Bay Creek, Bessie Creek, Boulder Creek, Canyon Creek, Cove Creek, Cowee Creek, Davies Creek, Duck Creek, Elevenmile Creek, Fish Creek, Goose Creek, Hendrickson Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Lake Creek, Lena Creek, McGinnis Creek, Montana Creek, Ninemile Creek, Nugget Creek, Peterson Creek, Peterson Creek, Sawmill Creek, Shrine Creek, Slate Creek, South Fork Cowee Creek, Steep Creek, Tee Creek, Tenk Creek, Tusta Creek, Waydelich Creek, Windfall Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Bessie Creek Trail, Davies Creek Trail, Herbert Glacier Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Montana Creek Trail, Peterson Creek Trail, Point Bridget Trail, Rainforest Trail, Spaulding Trail, West Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail,

Valleys:

Mendenhall Valley, Prairie Basin,

Cities:

Auke Bay, Dobson Landing, Fairhaven, Lena Beach, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Saint Terese, Tee Harbor,