Alaska Gazetteer
Ketchikan Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Ketchikan Creek places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Ketchikan Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | on Revillagigedo I., heads in a lake and flows W and S, through Ketchikan Lakes, Number One and Two, to Tongass Narrows at Ketchikan, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Tlingit Indian name recorded as Kitschk-hin by Arthur or Aurel Krause in 1881, and evolved in the present name Ketchikan. It has been suggested that the name means eagle wing river derived from the fact that a boulder in the stream at the falls broke the water giving the appearance of the spread wings of an eagle. This suggested meaning has not been verified and may be a form of folklore. The name Fish Creek was reported as local usage in 1883 by US@C&GS. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.3408317566 |
| Longitude: | -131.639724731 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ketchikan Creek: Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan Creek does not include property ownership information.
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Ketchikan, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Saxman, AK (2.4 miles SE) |
Metlakatla, AK
(14.9 miles S) Loring, AK (18.1 miles N) |
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Pennock Island, AK
(1.4 miles SSE) Carlanna, AK (1.9 miles NW) |
Dairy, AK
(3.6 miles SE) Shoreline Drive, AK (4.1 miles NW) |
