Information About

Dawson Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Dawson Creek on The Map

Location

64 ° 54' 22" N,
148 ° 21' 52.999" W

Region

Fairbanks North Star

Nearest City

Ester

Tributary to

Cache Creek

Elevation

709 ft (216.1 m)

Dawson Creek in Detail.

About

flows S joins Keystone Creek to form Cache Creek, 20 mi. NW of Fairbanks, Yukon-Tanana High. 3.5 miles long.

History

Named by prospectors, published in 1906 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The stream was shown as Keystone Creek, extending to Goldstream Creek on a manuscript map by C. W. Joint in 1905.