Information About

Chicago Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 53' 39.998" N,
162 ° 26' 57.001" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

138 ft (42.06 m)

Chicago Creek in Detail.

About

on right bank of Kugruk River, 29 mi. NE of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Site of a mining camp; named on a 1951 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map. A coal mine was opened here in 1903 (Moffit, 1905, p. 67) and for many years supplied coal to the Candle Creek and Fairhaven gold mining districts.

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben D-1 (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben D-1 NW (2017),

Places Near Chicago Creek

Bays:

Kugruk Lagoon, Willow Bay,

Capes:

Ninemile Point,

Mine:

Wallin Coal Mine,

Rivers:

Burnt River,

Streams:

Camp Creek, Champion Creek, Chicago Creek, Contact Creek, Goldbug Creek, Hunter Creek, Mina Creek, Montana Creek, Portage Creek, Reindeer Creek, Short Creek, Willow Creek,

Cities:

Chicago Creek,