Alaska Gazetteer
Paris Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Paris Creek places it within the AK 99824 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Paris Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on Douglas I., flowing NE to Glory Hole, 0.3 mi. NW of Treadwell and 2.7 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Probably named by Pierre Erussard. The name is spelled Parris in a placer claim filed by him, M. A. Hayes, and Henry Borien in 1881. The early miners called the stream both Hayes Creek for Michael Angelo Hayes, one of the locators, and French Pete's Creek for Pierre Erussard (DeArmond, 1957, p. 34). The name Paris Creek was published in 1893 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2672233582 |
| Longitude: | -134.380828857 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Paris Creek: Paris 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 Paris Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Douglas, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Thane, AK (1.9 miles E) West Juneau, AK (2.7 miles NW) Starr Hill, AK (2.7 miles NNW) Vanderbilt Hill, AK (6.7 miles NW) |
Lemon Creek, AK
(7.6 miles NW) Mendenhaven, AK (10.9 miles NW) Mendenhall Valley, AK (10.9 miles NW) Auke Bay, AK (12.9 miles NW) Fairhaven, AK (14 miles WNW) |
