Information About

Surprise Creek

Surprise Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2828 ft (861.97 m)
About

heads at glacier, flows SE to Kotsina River, 13 mi. W of Mount Blackburn, Wrangell Mts

History of Surprise Creek

Name used by prospectors; reported in 1900 by T. G. Gerdine (in Brooks and others, 1908, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).