Information About

Steelhead Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Steelhead Creek on The Map

Location

58 ° 34' 45.001" N,
137 ° 32' 56" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Steelhead Creek in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, flows SE and SW to Gulf of Alaska, 4.5 mi. SE of Harbor Point, 83 mi. NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Local name reported by J. B. Mertie (in Smith and others, 1933, p. 118 and fig. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It was called "Gaskal Creek" by members of the Harvard-Dartmouth Expedition, 1933-34 (Washburn and Goldthwait, 1936, map).