Information About

Bonanza Creek

Bonanza Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Southeast Fairbanks (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 784 ft (238.96 m)
About

formed by Derwent and Fisher Creeks, flows NW to Charley River, 6 mi. SE of that stream's junction with Yukon River, Yukon-Tanana High.; 5 miles long.

History of Bonanza Creek

Prospectors' name; reported in 1902 by Collier (1903, p. 29), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Big Bonanza Creek" was recorded on an unpublished map by E. J. Chamberlain, dated 1902. In the same year "Fish Creek" was shown on an unpublished map by Lieutenant Hjalmar Erickson and William Yanert, USA.