Information About

Butcher Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 37' 59.999" N,
137 ° 34' 40.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Butcher Creek in Detail.

About

on S end of Cenotaph I. in Lituya Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3.2 mi. NE of Harbor Point and 86 mi. WNW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1874. The name was published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 204). See Cenotaph Island.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Butcher Creek

Bars:

Cormorant Rock, La Chaussee Spit, Passage Rock,

Bays:

Anchorage Cove, Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, Lituya Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Crillon Lake, Fish Lake, Grassy Pond,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Mount Escures, Grassy Mountain, Lituya Mountain, South Billy Goat Mountain,

Ridges:

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Rivers:

Crillon River, Dagelet River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Campbell Creek, Coal Creek, Eagle Creek, Echo Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fourmile Creek, Justice Creek, Mineral Creek, Mudslide Creek, Portage Creek, Steelhead Creek, Topsy Creek, Whale Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley,