Information About

Powers Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Kake

Elevation:

72 ft (21.95 m)

About

heads in Sumdum Glacier, flows SW to Endicott Arm, 3 mi. E of Round Islet and 48 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History of Powers Creek

Prospectors name reported by Spencer and Wright (1906, fig. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A small amount of placer gold was found along this creek about 1880.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sumdum D-5 (1948), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum D-5 (1994), Sumdum D-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Powers Creek

Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Dry Bay, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Astley, Point Coke, Point League, Rock Point, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Lower Sweetheart Lake, Taylor Lake,

Locales:

Windham,

Mine:

First Basin Mine,

Mountains:

Meigs Peak, Mount Sumdum,

Rivers:

Chuck River,

Streams:

Gilbert Creek, Powers Creek, Slate Creek, Spruce Creek, Sweetheart Creek, Sylvia Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,

Waterfalls:

Sweetheart Falls,