Information About

Sockeye Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sockeye Creek on The Map

Location

55 ° 5' 48.998" N,
130 ° 42' 59" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Sockeye Creek in Detail.

About

drains Hugh Smith Lake into Boca de Quadra, Coast Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1914 by E. Lester Jones, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF); named for the Sockeye salmon. Called "Quadra Creek" in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN).