Information About

Harrison Creek

Region:

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City:

Circle Hot Springs

Elevation:

1204 ft (366.98 m)

About

heads at junction of North and South Forks of Harrison Creek, flows SE to Birch Creek, 39 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. 13 miles long.

History of Harrison Creek

Named by prospectors; reported in 1896 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "At the junction of these two streams (Harrison and Birch Creeks) is Pitkas Bar, where, in 1893, gold in the Birch Creek district was first discovered" (Spurr, 1898, p. 351).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle B-2 (1955), Circle (1964),

Places Near Harrison Creek

Bars:

Pitkas Bar,

Cities:

Circle Hot Springs,

Lakes:

Little Medicine Lake,

Mountains:

Ketchem Dome,

Rivers:

Mary Louise Fork,

Streams:

Bottom Dollar Creek, Buckley Bar Creek, Deadwood Creek, Easley Creek, Fifteen Pup, Graveyard Creek, Greenhorn Creek, Grizzly Creek, Half Dollar Creek, Harrison Creek, Holdem Creek, Hot Springs Creek, Ketchem Creek, Nine Pup, Portage Creek, Portage Creek, Sheep Creek, Sixteen Pup, Squaw Creek, Switch Creek, Tommys Pup, Traverse Creek, Twenty-six Pup, Twenty-two Pup, Two-bit Creek,

Valleys:

Discovery Gulch, Nugget Gulch,

Cities:

Circle Hot Springs Station,