Information About

Gunnysack Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gunnysack Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 31' 25" N,
145 ° 51' 16.999" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Elevation

2149 ft (655.02 m)

Gunnysack Creek in Detail.

About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to Delta River, crosses Richardson Highway, 36 mi. S of Delta Junction, Alaska Range. 4 miles long.

History

So called, about 1903, because two men, nicknamed "Gunny Sack Kid" and "Gunny Sack Jack," carried supplies in a gunny sack to their cabin at a prospect on this stream (Davies, 1965, p. 23).

Topo Maps

Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes C-4 (1952), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes C-4 SW (2016),
Places Near Gunnysack Creek
Glaciers:

Fels Glacier,

Lakes:

Backdown Lake, Coal Mine Number 5 Lake, Dicks Pond, Kens Pond, Last Lake, Pauls Pond, Rangeview Lake, Rapids Lake,

Mine:

Miller Mine,

Mountains:

Buffalo Dome, Devils Thumb, Mount Pillsbury,

Rapids:

Black Rapids,

Ridges:

Rainbow Ridge,

Streams:

Ann Creek, Bear Creek, Boulder Creek, Camp Terry Creek, Castner Creek, Darling Creek, Falls Creek, Flood Creek, Gunnysack Creek, Little Gold Creek, Lower Miller Creek, Lower Suzy Q Creek, Michael Creek, Miller Creek, Onemile Creek, Phelan Creek, Ruby Creek, Sargent Creek, Suzy Q Creek, Trims Creek, Whistler Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - Black Rapids to Delta Junction,

Cities:

Donnelly,