heads at glacier terminus and flows NW to Matanuska River, 26 mi. NE of Palmer, Chugach Mts.
Descriptive name reported in 1898 by Mendenhall (1900, p. 324), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So named "because of coal outcrops in the bed of the stream."
Bonnie Lake, Drill Lake, Fish Lake, Harrison Lake, Ida Lake, Long Lake, Ravine Lake, Rush Lake, Thirtymile Lake, Upper Bonnie Lake,
Mountains:Castle Mountain, Kings Mountain, Puddingstone Hill, Wardies Peak,
Peaks:Rivers:Streams:Black Shale Creek, Boulder Creek, Boulder Creek, California Creek, Carbon Creek, Carpenter Creek, Coal Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Doone Creek, Linquist Creek, Moss Creek, Riley Creek, Saw Mill Creek, Sawmill Creek,
Routes:Chickaloon River Trail, Chickaloon Trail,
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