Information About

Sockeye Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 29' 48.001" N,
133 ° 59' 1" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Sockeye Creek in Detail.

About

heads in a branch of Taku Glacier flows SE to Taku River, 21 mi. NE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Local descriptive name reported in 1932 by B. D. Stewart, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); the name had been "given for the sockeye salmon which spawn in great numbers in this creek."

Topo Maps

Taku River B-6 (1951), Taku River B-6 (1951), Taku River B-6 (1951), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1953), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River (1960), Taku River B-6 (1994), Taku River B-6 NW (2017),

Places Near Sockeye Creek

Bars:

Grizzly Bar, Oozy Flats,

Basins:

Icy Basin, Washington Basin,

Bays:

Scow Cove, Sunny Cove, Taku Inlet,

Capes:

Davidson Point, Flat Point, Swede Point, Taku Point,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam,

Glaciers:

Bacon Glacier, Demorest Glacier, East Twin Glacier, Hades Highway, Hole-in-the-Wall Glacier, Norris Glacier, Taku Glacier, West Twin Glacier,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Glory Lake, Loon Lakes, Oona Lake, Swineford Lakes, Turner Lake, Twin Glacier Lake,

Mountains:

Annex Peak, Antler Peaks, Camp 4 Peak, Floprock Peak, Hodgkins Peak, The Horn Peaks, Norris Mountain, Organ Pipes, Thoroughfare Mountain, Twin Glacier Peak, Vantage Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Brassiere Hills,

Ridges:

Annex Ridge, Goat Ridge, Goat Ridge, Ivy Ridge, Norris-Taku Ridge, The Scatter Peaks,

Rivers:

Taku River,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Carlson Creek, Davidson Creek, Johnson Creek, Moose Creek, Sockeye Creek, Turner Creek, Yehring Creek, Zipper Creek,

Valleys:

Columbia Basin (not official),