Information About

Fishery Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Angoon

Elevation:

7 ft (2.13 m)

About

flows E to Chatham Strait, 8 mi. E of mouth of Tenakee Inlet, on W coast of Admiralty I., 20 mi. N of Angoon, Alex. Arch. 13 miles long.

History of Fishery Creek

Local name reported in 1929 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS). "So named because a salmon fishing station was established at the mouth of the Creek by the Indians during the season of run" U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 179).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sitka D-3 (1948), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka D-3 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-3 (1997), Sitka D-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Fishery Creek

Bays:

Basket Bay, Cube Cove, False Bay, Jims Cove, Little Basket Bay, Marble Cove, Square Cove,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Cube Point, Fishery Point, North Passage Point, Parker Point,

Cliffs:

Marble Bluffs,

Lakes:

Basket Lake, Lake Florence, Lake Kathleen, Peanut Lake,

Streams:

Basket Creek, Fishery Creek, Kook Creek, Thayer Creek, Ward Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Cities:

Cube Cove,