Alaska Gazetteer
Lurvey Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Lurvey Creek places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Lurvey Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in glacier on NW slope of Sheep Mtn, flows NW to Gold Creek, 2.5 mi. E of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Locally named for W.L. Lurvey, who mined along the creek about 1883. The creek was also called ""Dix Creek"" and ""Dix Gulch"" by the miners working for John Dix (DeArmond, 1957, p. 30)." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3066673279 |
| Longitude: | -134.331665039 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Lurvey Creek: Lurvey 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 Lurvey Creek does not include property ownership information.
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