Information About

Chalk Creek

Chalk Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2963 ft (903.12 m)
About

in Mentasta Mts., flows SW to Jack Creek E of Lost Creek, 33 mi. SE of Mentasta Pass, Alaska Range. 10 miles long.

History of Chalk Creek

Locally named, because a prospector named Chalk (complete name not available) committed suicide here in the 1930's; reported in 1939 by P. S. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).