Alaska Gazetteer
Humpback Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Humpback Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads in Peabody Mts., flows W through Humpback Lake to Mink Bay, Coast Mts. 15 miles long. |
| History: | "Local name reported in 1915 by E. Lester Jones, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); so named because this stream is ""a famous spawning place of the Humpback Salmon.""" |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.0322227478 |
| Longitude: | -130.685272217 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Humpback Creek: Humpback Creek.
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