Information About

Bear Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bear Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 38' 47" N,
145 ° 54' 38.002" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Tributary to

Delta River

Elevation

1837 ft (559.92 m)

Bear Creek in Detail.

About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to a ditch between Delta River and Richardson Highway, 30 mi. S of Delta Junction, Alaska Range

History

Locally named "from the fact that a hunter named Henry Stock was mauled by a bear there about 1905" (Davies, 1965, p. 22).

Topo Maps

Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes C-4 (1952), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes C-4 NW (2016),
Places Near Bear Creek
Lakes:

Backdown Lake, Big Lake, Chet Lake, Coal Mine Number 5 Lake, Dicks Pond, Donnelly Lake, Ghost Lake, J Lake, Kens Pond, Last Lake, Nickel Lake, Pauls Pond, Rangeview Lake, Rapids Lake, South Twin Lake,

Mountains:

Buffalo Dome, Donnelly Dome, Mount Pillsbury,

Rapids:

Black Rapids,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Boulder Creek, Camp Terry Creek, Darling Creek, Falls Creek, Flood Creek, Gunnysack Creek, Lower Suzy Q Creek, Michael Creek, Onemile Creek, Ruby Creek, Sargent Creek, Suzy Q Creek, Trims Creek, Whistler Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - Black Rapids to Delta Junction,

Cities:

Donnelly,