Information About

Hope Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Hope Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 8' 48.998" N,
142 ° 47' 31.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Hope Creek in Detail.

About

Heading in the Robinson Mountains on the N slope of Kulthieth Mountain and flowing SW to the Kaliakh River, 9 mi upstream from the Gulf of Alaska, 100 mi. SE of Cordova. 7 miles long.

History

Local name shown in an unpublished report by G. D. Hanna and others in 1938. Name first used by Melvin Grindle, local trapper, who, it is said, had the vain "hope" of crossing the stream without getting his feet wet.