Information About

Coke Creek

Coke Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2799 ft (853.14 m)
About

Heads at a glacier on N slope of Mount Chamberlin in Franklin Mountains and flows NNW to Lake Schrader, 8 mi. NW of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range. 6 miles long.

History of Coke Creek

Named in the 1940's for a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist from Martinique, whose grandmother called him "Ma petit coq," and thus was nicknamed "Coq" or in an anglicized form, "Coke."