Information About

Ketchikan Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 20' 26.999" N,
131 ° 38' 22.999" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Elevation

82 ft (24.99 m)

Ketchikan Creek in Detail.

About

on Revillagigedo I., heads in a lake and flows W and S, through Ketchikan Lakes, Number One and Two, to Tongass Narrows at Ketchikan, Alex. Arch.

History

Tlingit Indian name recorded as Kitschk-hin by Arthur or Aurel Krause in 1881, and evolved in the present name Ketchikan. It has been suggested that the name means eagle wing river derived from the fact that a boulder in the stream at the falls broke the water giving the appearance of the spread wings of an eagle. This suggested meaning has not been verified and may be a form of folklore. The name Fish Creek was reported as local usage in 1883 by US@C&GS.

Places Near Ketchikan Creek
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Cutter Rocks, Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bailey Rock, Bolles Ledge, California Rock, Fillmore Rock, Idaho Rock, Kelp Rocks, Lewis Reef, Lively Rock, Martin Rock, Morse Rock, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Phocena Rocks, Pond Reef, Potter Rock, Rosa Reef, Spire Island Reef, Walden Rocks,

Bays:

Port Chester, Annette Bay, Bald Headed Cove, Black Sand Cove, Blank Inlet, Bostwick Inlet, California Cove, Clam Cove, Coon Cove, Dall Bay, Gem Cove, George Inlet, Grant Cove, Hassler Harbor, Hemlock Bay, Herring Bay, Knudson Cove, Leask Cove, Mud Bay, Nadzaheen Cove, Nehenta Bay, Nelson Cove, Open Bay (not official), Phocana Bay, Phocena Bay, Radenbough Cove, Refuge Cove, Seal Cove, Sylburn Harbor, Totem Bight, Tsa Cove, Vallenar Bay, Ward Cove, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Higgins, Angle Point, Bar Point, Bat Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Bostwick Point, California Head, Carroll Point, Charcoal Point, Copper Point, Dall Head, Driest Point, Gravina Point, Green Point, Inlet Point, Lewis Point, Mountain Point, Peninsula Point, Pilot Point, Potter Point, Race Point, Reef Point, Rock Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point, Village Point, Walden Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Nichols Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan, Metlakatla, Saxman,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Ketchikan Debris Control Dam, Ketchikan Diversion Dam, Ketchikan Lakes Dam, Lake Connell Dam, Lower Silvis Lake Dam, North Fawn Lake Dam, Saxman Dam, Saxman Lower Reservoir Dam, South Fawn Lake Dam, Upper Silvis Lake Dam, Whitman Lake Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain, Judy Hill, Level Mountain, Trout Hill,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Bull Island, Channel Island, Clover Island, Coon Island, Cynthia Island, Danger Island, East Clump, East Island, Granite Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Gravina Islands, Gull Island, Hemlock Island, Hub Rock, Hump Island, Joe Island, Murdo Island, Pennock Island, Pow Island, Pup Island, Scrub Island, Seal Cove Rocks, Spire Island, Warburton Island,

Lakes:

Blue Lake, Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Connell Lake, Downdraft Lake, Lake Emery Tobin, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Fawn Lake, Granite Basin, Harriet Hunt Lake, Hassler Lake, Helen Todd Lake, Hussler Lake, Leask Lake, Lower and Upper Ketchikan Lakes, Lower Ketchikan Lake, Lower Silvis Lake, Mahoney Lake, Melanson Lake, Lake Perseverance, Salt Lagoon, Scout Lake, Talbot Lake, Trout Lake, Upper Ketchikan Lake, Upper Mahoney Lake, Upper Silvis Lake, Upper Wolf Lake, Ward Lake, Whitman Lake,

Mountains:

Achilles Mountain, Anvil Mountain, Betton Head, Bingo Mountain, Brown Mountain, Buck Mountain, Bush Mountain, Chapin Peak, Chenango Mountain, Cone Mountain, Curve Mountain, Deer Mountain, Deer Mountains, Diana Mountain, Doe Mountain, Dude Mountain, Fawn Mountain, Fish Mountain, Flat Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Janesville Mountain, John Mountain, Juno Mountain, Leadville Mountain, Mahoney Mountain, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Northbird, Nubbins Mountain, Plain Mountain, Pop Mountain, Punch Hill, The Puppets, Red Mountain, Round Mountain, Roy Jones Mountain, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spine Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Tired Mountain, Twin Peaks, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Dall Bay State Marine Park, Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Rivers:

White River,

Streams:

Beaver Falls Creek, Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Leask Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek, Whitman Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail, Dude Mountain Trail, Mahoney Mountain Spur, Minerva Mountain Trail, Perseverance Trail, Silvis Lakes Trail, Silvis Lakes Traverse, Ward Lake Trail,

Cities:

Beaver Falls, Carlanna, Clover Pass, Dairy, Herring Cove, Mountain Point, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Pennock Island, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,

Waterfalls:

Beaver Falls,