Alaska Gazetteer
Holmes Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Holmes Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows SE from Holmes Pass to Clear River, 4 mi. W of Whiteface Mtn. and 32 mi. NW of Wiseman, Brooks Range. 3.5 miles long. |
| History: | "Named in 1931 by Marshall (1956, p. 72), for ""the great jurist, whom we both admired so much, and who was celebrating his ninetieth birthday at about that time."" Marshall was referring to Justic Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1841-1935." |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.8130569458 |
| Longitude: | -150.554443359 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Holmes Creek: Holmes 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 Holmes Creek does not include property ownership information.
