Alaska Gazetteer
Kowee Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Kowee Creek places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Kowee Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | On Douglas Island, heading just SE of Mount Troy and flowing NNE to the Gastineau Channel at West Juneau, 0.5 mi. SW of Juneau, Coast Range. 2.5 miles long. |
| History: | "Named for a chief of the Auk Tlingit Indians, who had his summer home at the mouth of creek and who is credited with guiding Joe Juneau and Richard Harris to the gold of the Silverbow Basin in 1880. Early miners spelled the name ""Kowee"" or ""Kow-eeh,"" but after the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mapped the area in 1903 the name was published as ""Cowee Creek"" (DeArmond, 1957, p. 13)." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2977790833 |
| Longitude: | -134.432220459 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kowee Creek: Kowee 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 Kowee Creek does not include property ownership information.
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West Juneau, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Starr Hill, AK (1.4 miles ENE) Douglas, AK (1.9 miles SE) Vanderbilt Hill, AK (3.9 miles NNW) Thane, AK (4.3 miles ESE) |
Lemon Creek, AK
(4.7 miles NNW) Mendenhaven, AK (8.1 miles NW) Mendenhall Valley, AK (8.1 miles NW) Auke Bay, AK (10.1 miles NW) Fairhaven, AK (11.3 miles WNW) |
