Information About

Knife Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City:

King Salmon

Elevation:

787 ft (239.88 m)

About

on Alaska Peninsula, heads at central terminus of The Knife Creek Glaciers flows NW to River Lethe at Three Forks, in Katmai National Monument, 16 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History of Knife Creek

Named in 1922 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic Society, after Knife Peak (now called Mount Griggs), which overlooks the peak on the north.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Katmai (1948), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mount Katmai B-5 (1951), Mount Katmai B-5 (1953),

Places Near Knife Creek

Cities:

Savonoski,

Lakes:

Iliuk Arm Naknek Lake,

Mountains:

Baked Mountain, Mount Cerberus, Falling Mountain, Mount Ikagluik, Mount Juhle, Mount Katolinat, Mount La Gorce, Mount Mageik, Novarupta,

Mountain Passes:

Katmai Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Buttress Range,

Rivers:

River Lethe, Savonoski River, Ukak River,

Streams:

Ikagluik Creek, Knife Creek, Margot Creek, Windy Creek,

Valleys:

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,