Information About

Hunter Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Hunter Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 28' 57" N,
150 ° 4' 50.002" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Minto

Elevation

489 ft (149.05 m)

Hunter Creek in Detail.

About

heads at junction of Forty-seven Gulch and Ninety-two Hunter Creek and flows W to Minook Creek, 2 mi. ESE of Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High. 6 miles long.

History

Prospector's name reported in 1896 by J. E. Spurr, H. B. Goodrich, and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Named for William Hunter, Ho discovered gold here in 1896 (Prindle, 1908, p. 73).