Information About

Gunnysack Creek

Name: Gunnysack Creek
Address: Delta Junction, Alaska

Gunnysack Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City:

Delta Junction

Elevation:

2149 ft (655.02 m)

About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to Delta River, crosses Richardson Highway, 36 mi. S of Delta Junction, Alaska Range. 4 miles long.

History of Gunnysack Creek

So called, about 1903, because two men, nicknamed "Gunny Sack Kid" and "Gunny Sack Jack," carried supplies in a gunny sack to their cabin at a prospect on this stream (Davies, 1965, p. 23).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes C-4 (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1950), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes (1951), Mount Hayes C-4 (1952), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes (1955), Mount Hayes C-4 SW (2016),

Places Near Gunnysack Creek

Glaciers:

Fels Glacier,

Lakes:

Backdown Lake, Coal Mine Number 5 Lake, Dicks Pond, Kens Pond, Last Lake, Pauls Pond, Rangeview Lake, Rapids Lake,

Mine:

Miller Mine,

Mountains:

Buffalo Dome, Devils Thumb, Mount Pillsbury,

Rapids:

Black Rapids,

Ridges:

Rainbow Ridge,

Streams:

Ann Creek, Bear Creek, Boulder Creek, Camp Terry Creek, Castner Creek, Darling Creek, Falls Creek, Flood Creek, Gunnysack Creek, Little Gold Creek, Lower Miller Creek, Lower Suzy Q Creek, Michael Creek, Miller Creek, Onemile Creek, Phelan Creek, Ruby Creek, Sargent Creek, Suzy Q Creek, Trims Creek, Whistler Creek,

Routes:

Trans-Alaska Trail - Black Rapids to Delta Junction,

Cities:

Donnelly,