Information About

Canyon Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Canyon Creek on The Map

Location

60 ° 46' 58.001" N,
149 ° 25' 22.001" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Girdwood

Tributaries

Moose Creek,

Elevation

476 ft (145.08 m)

Canyon Creek in Detail.

About

on Kenai Peninsula, flows N to junction with East Fork Sixmile Creek to form Sixmile Creek, 7 mi. S of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.

History

Local prospectors' name reported about 1914 by B. L. Johnson (in Martin and others, 1915, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Places Near Canyon Creek
Capes:

Bird Point, Snipers Point, Windy Point,

Streams:

Davis Creek,

Glaciers:

Glacier G210726E60839N,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland, Flame Out, Organ Pipes, Water World,

Lakes:

Bench Lake, Johnson Lake, Lower Summit Lake, Summit Lake,

Locales:

Bird, Summit Lake Ski Area,

Mine:

Blackstone Mine, Bruhn-Ray Mine, Colorado Mine, Colorado Mine, Connoly Mine, Dahl Placer Mine, Downing Mine, Frenchy Creek Mine, Fresno Mines, Gilpatrick Mine, Hatcher Mine, Hirshey Mine, Independence Mine, Iron Mask Mine, Johnson Mine, Mascot Mine, McMillan Mines, Mills Creek Mine, Nearhouse Mine, Oracle Mine, Oracle Mines, Pearson Mine, Robinson-Bowman Mine, Shell Mine, Slate Creek Mine, Sunshine Lakes, Swetmann Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Bradley Peak, Gilpatrick Mountain, Manitoba Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Johnson Creek Summit,

Peaks:

Adelie Point, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, Double Top North, East Groundhog Peak, El Tercero, Falls Peak, Fiddlehead Mountain, Fresno Benchmark, Hale-Bopp, Nebraska, Northwest Gilpatrick Mountain, Penguin Peak, Silvertip, South Gilpatrick Mountain, Spirit Walker, Utah, West Groundhog Peak,

Ridges:

Roaring Ridge, Seattle Creek Headwall, Seattle Ridge, Tenderfoot Ridge,

Routes:

-1 Bowl, Bermuda Triangle, Butch, Colorado, Cornbiscuit, Frenchy, Fresno, John, Lipps, Lonestar, Magnum, Middle Gilpatrick, Moose, North Gilpatrick, Pete's North, Pete's South, Raven Ridge, South Gilpatrick, Spirit Walker, Summit, Templeton, Tri-Tip, Tributary, Wilson North, Wilson South, Zero Bowl,

Streams:

Alder Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Beaver Creek, Bedrock Creek, Bench Creek, Bertha Creek, Bird Creek, Black Creek, Block Creek, Bonanza Creek, Butcher Creek, Canyon Creek, Center Creek, Clinton Creek, Coeur d-Alene Creek, Colorado Creek, Cub Creek, Donaldson Creek, East Fork Sixmile Creek, Falls Creek, Falls Creek, Frenchy Creek, Fresno Creek, Gleason Creek, Granite Creek, Groundhog Creek, Gulch Creek, Highland Creek, Indian Creek, Island Creek, Juneau Creek, Lynx Creek, Lyon Creek, Mills Creek, Moose Creek, Nelson Creek, Ohio Creek, Old Woman Creek, Palmer Creek, Pass Creek, Penguin Creek, Petes Creek, Rimrock Creek, Roaring Creek, Sawmill Creek, Silvertip Creek, Sixmile Creek, Slate Creek, Slate Creek, Spokane Creek, Stormy Creek, Summit Creek, Sunrise Creek, Sunset Creek, Taylor Creek, Tenderfoot Creek, Timberline Creek, Tincan Creek, Tributary Creek, Walker Creek, Weber Creek, Wildhorse Creek, Wilson Creek,

Routes:

Bird Creek Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Interpretive Trail, Bird Ridge Trail, Bird Valley Trail, Falls Creek Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Johnson Pass Trail, Penguin Creek Trail, Penguin Peak Trail, Turnagain Arm Trail,

Valleys:

Gold Gulch,

Cities:

Dahl, Gilpatricks, Indian, Silvertip, Sunrise, Wibel,