Alaska Gazetteer
Slate Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Slate Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | flows NE to Chuck River, 4 mi. S of Windham Bay, and 67 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Prospectors' name reported in 1903 by Spencer and Wright (1906, fig. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); so called because ""the bed rock in this vicinity is mostly black slate."" Gold mining was started along this stream about 1903 including the Lost Rocker mines named for ""The Lost Rocker,"" a drama popular at Juneau in the 1890's." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.5463905334 |
| Longitude: | -133.335006714 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Slate Creek: Slate 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 Slate Creek does not include property ownership information.
| Entrance Island, AK (10.1 miles SSW) |
