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Skookum Creek

Skookum Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 210 ft (64.01 m)
About

Heads 11 mi W of Lava Lake and flows S to Turner Creek, 1.8 mi upstream from its confluence with the Noxapaga River, 32 mi. SW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History of Skookum Creek

Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine (in Collier, 1902, pl. 12), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). See Salt Chuck, village.