Information About

Minook Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Minook Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 31' 9.001" N,
150 ° 8' 16.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Minto

Elevation

246 ft (74.98 m)

Minook Creek in Detail.

About

heads on Eureka Dome and flows N to Yukon River, 1 mi. N of Rampart, Yukon-Tanana High.

History

Named in the early 1890's by prospectors for John Minook, Russian halfbreed, who is reported to have found gold on Little Minook Creek about 1893. The Indian name for this stream, reported by Captain Raymond (1871, p. 113), USA, was "Clanachargut" (Klana-Kakat or mouth of the Kla River).

Topo Maps

Tanana (1951), Tanana (1951), Tanana (1951), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana (1956), Tanana C-1 (1956), Tanana C-1 (1956), Tanana C-1 (1956), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana (1960), Tanana C-1 SE (2017),
Places Near Minook Creek
Capes:

Point No-Point,

Islands:

Minook Island, Sixmile Island,

Lakes:

Chicago Lakes, Lush Lake,

Mountains:

Baldry Mountain,

Ridges:

California Bar, Idaho Bar, McDonald Bar, Yukon Bar,

Streams:

California Creek, Chapman Creek, Chicago Creek, Chicken Creek, Dawson Creek, Florida Creek, Fortyseven Pup, Goldpan Creek, Granite Creek, Grouse Creek, Hannah Creek, Hoosier Creek, Hunter Creek, Julia Creek, Leonora Creek, Little Minook Creek, Little Minook Junior Creek, Miller Creek, Minook Creek, Nevada Creek, Ninetytwo Pup, Rampart Creek, Ruby Creek, Russian Creek, Sarah Creek, Side Creek, Slate Creek, Spruce Creek, Squaw Creek, Susie Creek, Ten Pup, Triple Creek, Trout Creek, Twentymile Creek,

Valleys:

Argo Gulch, Montana Gulch,

Cities:

Rampart,