Information About

Skookum Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 30' 56.002" N,
164 ° 16' 9.001" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

White Mountain

Elevation

210 ft (64.01 m)

Skookum Creek in Detail.

About

Heads 11 mi W of Lava Lake and flows S to Turner Creek, 1.8 mi upstream from its confluence with the Noxapaga River, 32 mi. SW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Salt Chuck, village.