Elevenmile Creek
| Elevenmile Creek | |
|---|---|
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Fritz Cove, Stephens Passage |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Elevenmile Creek is a river on Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), Alaska, United States. Its origin is in hills to the southeast and it flows northwest to Fritz Cove, a part of Stephens Passage; it is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southwest of Entrance Point and 8.6 miles (13.8 km) west of the city of Juneau.
The name refers to the stream's location, between the ten- and eleven-mile markers of the North Douglas Highway.[1] The name was supplied by the United States Geological Survey in 1962 and it was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on March 31, 1981.[2]
A chemical water quality record for the stream dates to 1967.[3] A 1986 panning of water from Elevenmile Creek exhibited a small amount of lead.[4]
A wood harvest area owned by the state of Alaska extends south of the highway from Cove Creek to Elevenmile Creek.[1] The stream also runs through CBJ-owned land.[5]
See also
- Fish Creek and Ninemile Creek are nearby streams on Douglas Island.
References
- ^ a b Template:PDFlink Accessed July 23, 2010.
- ^ USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report: Elevenmile Creek. Accessed July 23, 2010.
- ^ Template:PDFlink United States Geological Survey. December 18, 1998. Accessed July 23, 2010.
- ^ Template:PDFlink United States Department of the Interior. Accessed July 23, 2010.
- ^ Template:PDFlink Accessed July 23, 2010.