Information About

Porcupine Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Porcupine Creek on The Map

Location

59 ° 25' 36.001" N,
136 ° 13' 18.001" W

Region

Haines

Nearest City

Haines

Tributary to

Klehini River

Tributaries

McKinley Creek,

Elevation

430 ft (131.06 m)

Porcupine Creek in Detail.

About

heads in a glacier 3.4 mi. SW of Porcupine Peak, flows NE to Klehini River, 0.7 mi. NE of Porcupine, and 32 mi. W of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History

Prospectors name reported in 1898 by J.A. Flemer, US@C&GS. Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) reported the Tlingit Indian name as Tlachkahiniku.