Information About

Pitkas Bar

Region:

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City:

Circle Hot Springs

Elevation:

1194 ft (363.93 m)

About

in Birch Creek, at mouth of Harrison Creek, 40 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High.

History of Pitkas Bar

Named by prospectors for the two "half-breeds named Pitka and Sorresco" (Mertie, 1937, p. 5), who made the first discovery of gold on Birch Creek. The name was reported in 1908 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Covert and Ellsworth, 1909, pl. 4).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle (1964),

Places Near Pitkas Bar

Bars:

Pitkas Bar,

Cities:

Circle Hot Springs,

Lakes:

Little Medicine Lake, Medicine Lake,

Mountains:

Ketchem Dome,

Rivers:

Mary Louise Fork,

Streams:

Bottom Dollar Creek, Buckley Bar Creek, Deadwood Creek, Easley Creek, Fifteen Pup, Graveyard Creek, Greenhorn Creek, Half Dollar Creek, Harrison Creek, Holdem Creek, Hot Springs Creek, Ketchem Creek, Nine Pup, Portage Creek, Portage Creek, Sheep Creek, Sixteen Pup, Squaw Creek, Switch Creek, Tommys Pup, Traverse Creek, Twenty-six Pup, Twenty-two Pup, Two-bit Creek,

Valleys:

Discovery Gulch, Nugget Gulch,

Cities:

Circle Hot Springs Station,