Alaska Gazetteer
Whipple Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Whipple Creek places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Whipple Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on Revillagigedo I., flows W to Tongass Narrows, 1.9 mi. SE of Point Higgins, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Local name reported in 1933 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS); named ""for an early settler who had a fish trap near the mouth of the creek.""" |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.4377784729 |
| Longitude: | -131.79888916 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Whipple Creek: Whipple 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 Whipple Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Ketchikan, AK
(9 miles SE) Saxman, AK (11.4 miles SE) |
Loring, AK
(13.1 miles NNE) |
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Port Higgins, AK
(1.4 miles NW) Mud Bay, AK (1.9 miles SE) |
Clover Pass, AK
(2.4 miles N) |
