Information About

Cache Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

69 ° 23' 49.999" N,
146 ° 5' 51" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Tributary to

Canning River

Elevation

1020 ft (310.9 m)

Cache Creek in Detail.

About

flows W through Ikiakpaurak Valley to Canning River, at Shublik I., 45 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Arctic Slope. 19 miles long.

History

S. J. Marsh, prospector, wrote, "The 7th of April, 1902, I left the coast alone, hauling 1,250 pounds by relays, and reached Cache Creek on June 1, * * *. After building a cache of rock to protect my supplies I proceeded up the Kooguru (Canning) River * * *" (Brooks, 1906, p. 260).

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