Alaska Gazetteer
Sawmill Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Sawmill Creek places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Sawmill Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in Blue Lake, flows SW to mouth of Silver Bay, 4 mi. E of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Named in the 1890's by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for a sawmill reported in 1850 by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), to be located at its mouth. This stream was called ""Reka Medvyzhya,"" meaning ""bear river,"" in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published as such by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0472221375 |
| Longitude: | -135.22833252 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sawmill Creek: Sawmill Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Sawmill Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Baranof, AK
(15.2 miles ENE) |
Goddard, AK
(15.7 miles SSW) |
