Alaska Gazetteer
Sylvia Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sylvia Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads about 573200N1331300W, flows W about to Chuck River 1.5 mi. above river's mouth at head of Windham Bay and 65 mi. SE of Jueau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named by prospectors and reported in 1903 by Spencer and Wright (1906, fig. 3). It was probably named for ""Nix"" Sylva, prospector, who in 1869 made gold discoveries on Windham and Holkham Bays and later in the Juneau area. The creek contains gold-bearing gravels." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.5641670227 |
| Longitude: | -133.342498779 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sylvia Creek: Sylvia 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 Sylvia Creek does not include property ownership information.
| Entrance Island, AK (11.1 miles SSW) |
