Information About

Toby Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 29' 13.999" N,
142 ° 18' 19.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

2536 ft (772.97 m)

Toby Creek in Detail.

About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to Chitistone River, 3.1 mi. NE of junction with Glacier Creek, 21 mi. NE of McCarthy, Wrangell Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1907 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name may have been derived from "tebay" which Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 54), USA, says is an Indian word for "a variety of sheep."

Topo Maps

McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy (1951), McCarthy B-4 (1959), McCarthy B-4 (1959), McCarthy B-4 (1959), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy (1960), McCarthy B-4 (1994), McCarthy B-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Toby Creek

Bars:

Peavine Bar,

Capes:

The Finn,

Glaciers:

Hole-In-The-Wall Glacier, Nizina Glacier, Rex Glacier, Twaharpies Glacier,

Mountains:

Andrus Peak, Chitistone Mountain, Mount Holmes, Joshua Green Peak, Mount Baldwin, Nikolai Butte, Pyramid Peak, Tinplate Hill, Williams Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Pillars:

Mountain Ranges:

Ridges:

Streams:

Amphitheatre Creek, Copper Creek, Doubtful Creek, Eagle Creek, Frederika Creek, Glacier Creek, Grotto Creek, Gurkin Creek, Hasen Creek, Lime Springs Creek, Moonshine Creek, Skolai Creek, Station Creek, Texas Creek, Toby Creek,

Routes:

The Goat Trail,

Valleys:

Chitistone Gorge, Contact Gulch, Idaho Gulch, Nikolai Gulch, Pollard Gulch, Radar Gulch, Radovan Gulch, Seattle Gulch, Sheep Gulch,

Waterfalls:

Chitistone Falls,