Information About

Kigezruk Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 30' 32" N,
167 ° 44' 26.002" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Wales

Elevation

36 ft (10.97 m)

Kigezruk Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW 4 mi. to Bering Sea, 12 mi. SE of Cape Prince of Wales and 43 mi. NW of Teller; Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1900 by Brooks (1901, pl. 13 and p. 135), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). the name as "Kivyearzruk" and noted (p. 25) that the gold "discovery was made in June, 1899, by Kivyearuk, a Prince of Wales native, then employed as reindeer herder by W. T. Lopp, a missionary in charge of a Government reindeer station."