Information About

Bear Creek

Bear Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City:

Delta Junction

Tributary to:

Delta River

Elevation:

1837 ft (559.92 m)

About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to a ditch between Delta River and Richardson Highway, 30 mi. S of Delta Junction, Alaska Range

History of Bear Creek

Locally named "from the fact that a hunter named Henry Stock was mauled by a bear there about 1905" (Davies, 1965, p. 22).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes C-4 (1952), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes C-4 NW (2016),

Places Near Bear Creek

Lakes:

Backdown Lake, Big Lake, Chet Lake, Coal Mine Number 5 Lake, Dicks Pond, Donnelly Lake, Ghost Lake, J Lake, Kens Pond, Last Lake, Nickel Lake, Pauls Pond, Rangeview Lake, Rapids Lake, South Twin Lake,

Mountains:

Buffalo Dome, Donnelly Dome, Mount Pillsbury,

Rapids:

Streams:

Bear Creek, Boulder Creek, Camp Terry Creek, Darling Creek, Falls Creek, Flood Creek, Gunnysack Creek, Lower Suzy Q Creek, Michael Creek, Onemile Creek, Ruby Creek, Sargent Creek, Suzy Q Creek, Trims Creek, Whistler Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - Black Rapids to Delta Junction,

Cities: