Information About

Black Bear Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Black Bear Creek on The Map

Location

55 ° 43' 32.999" N,
132 ° 10' 0.001" W

Region

Wrangell

Nearest City

Kasaan

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Black Bear Creek in Detail.

About

On the SW coast of Cleveland Peninsula, heads in Bear Lake, flows NNW to Union Bay 8 km (5 mi) E of the community of Myers Chuck, Alex. Arch. 6 miles long.

History

Descriptive name published in 1911 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and recorded in 1914 by E. L. Jones, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF), who "observed here a heavy destruction of salmon by black bear."