Information About

Fish Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 4' 45.998" N,
151 ° 37' 28.999" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Tanana

Tributary to

Tanana River

Elevation

239 ft (72.85 m)

Fish Creek in Detail.

About

Heads in Fish Lake at 650427N, 1512110W, flows NW to the Tanana River 15 mi SE of Tanana, Yukon-Tanana High. 11 miles long.

History

Name was probably given in 1902 by Lieutenant Gibbs, U.S. Army Signal Corps. The Tanana Indian ame "Guthna", meaning "Guth River", was recorded in 1899 by Herron (1901, p.454), USA. About 1908 usage applied the name "Boulder Creek" to the streams head. Cartographers compromised and used "Fish Creek" for the lower portion below Fish Lake and applied the name "Boulder Creek" above the lake, disregarding a Board on Geographic Names (BGN) decision of 1912, which made Boulder Creek tributary to the Tanana River.

Topo Maps

Tanana (1951), Tanana (1951), Tanana (1951), Tanana A-4 (1952), Tanana A-4 (1952), Tanana A-4 (1952), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana A-4 SE (2016),
Places Near Fish Creek
Areas:

Ch-edenaa Chaak-et, K-el Chaak-et,

Bars:

Station Rocks,

Capes:

Squaw Point,

Channels:

Squaw Crossing,

Cliffs:

Point Tilman,

Islands:

Fish Creek Island, Murray Island, Sixteenmile Island, Twelvemile Island,

Lakes:

Clear Lake, Donahoe Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake, Moose Lake, Sixteenmile Lake, Twelvemile Lake,

Rivers:

Chitanana River, Green Slough, Williams Slough,

Streams:

Cosna Slough, Little Williams Slough, Shortcut Slough, Squaw Crossing Slough,

Streams:

Coal Creek, Fish Creek, Jackson Creek, Patterson Creek, Schieffelin Creek, Spicer Creek,

Cities:

Cos Jacket,