Information About

Hope Creek

Hope Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 26 ft (7.92 m)
About

Heading in the Robinson Mountains on the N slope of Kulthieth Mountain and flowing SW to the Kaliakh River, 9 mi upstream from the Gulf of Alaska, 100 mi. SE of Cordova. 7 miles long.

History of Hope Creek

Local name shown in an unpublished report by G. D. Hanna and others in 1938. Name first used by Melvin Grindle, local trapper, who, it is said, had the vain "hope" of crossing the stream without getting his feet wet.