Information About

Fishery Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Fishery Creek on The Map

Location

57 ° 45' 56.002" N,
134 ° 43' 18.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Angoon

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Fishery Creek in Detail.

About

flows E to Chatham Strait, 8 mi. E of mouth of Tenakee Inlet, on W coast of Admiralty I., 20 mi. N of Angoon, Alex. Arch. 13 miles long.

History

Local name reported in 1929 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS). "So named because a salmon fishing station was established at the mouth of the Creek by the Indians during the season of run" U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 179).

Topo Maps

Sitka D-3 (1948), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-3 (1997), Sitka D-3 SE (2017),
Places Near Fishery Creek
Bays:

Basket Bay, Cube Cove, False Bay, Jims Cove, Little Basket Bay, Marble Cove, Square Cove,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Cube Point, Fishery Point, North Passage Point, Parker Point,

Cliffs:

Marble Bluffs,

Lakes:

Basket Lake, Lake Florence, Lake Kathleen, Peanut Lake,

Streams:

Basket Creek, Fishery Creek, Kook Creek, Thayer Creek, Ward Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Cities:

Cube Cove,