Alaska Gazetteer
Boulder Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The primary coordinates for Boulder Creek places it within the AK 99674 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Boulder Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier terminus, flows SW to Chichaloon River, 3 mi. NE of Chichaloon and 28 mi. NE of Palmer, Talkeetna Mts.; |
| History: | "Name used by local prospectors; reported in 1898 by Lieutenant Castner, USA, (in Glenn and Abercrombie, 1899, map). In 1898 this stream was also named ""Schoonoven Creek,"" presumably for Private George W. Van Schoonhoven, USA, a member of Captain Glenn's expedition (Mendenhall 1900, map 16)." |
| Borough: | Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.8286094666 |
| Longitude: | -148.416946411 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Boulder Creek: Boulder Creek.
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Chickaloon, AK
(2.7 miles SW) |
Sutton-Alpine, AK
(15.5 miles WSW) |
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Eska, AK
(17.3 miles WSW) |
Sutton, AK
(17.6 miles WSW) |
