Information About

Topsy Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 33' 29.999" N,
137 ° 29' 44.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

49 ft (14.94 m)

Topsy Creek in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, flows SW to enter the Gulf of Alaska 2 mi SE of Steelhead Creek and 7 mi SE of the entrance to Lituya Bay, 81 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Local name reported by J. B. Mertie (in Smith and others, 1933, fig. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It was publsihed as "Steelhead Creek" by members of the Harvard-Dartmouth Expedition, 1933-34, (Washburn and Goldthwait, 1936, map).