Information About

Big Jim Creek

Big Jim Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1686 ft (513.89 m)
About

flows SE to Dietrich River, 13 mi. N of head of Koyukuk River, 42 mi. NW of Chandalar, Brooks Range. 6 miles long.

History of Big Jim Creek

Named by Robert Marshall about 1930 "for a well-known Eskimo hunter, his neighbor in Wiseman;" shown by Marshall as both "Bigjim" and "Big Jim."