Information About

Tenas Creek

Tenas Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 810 ft (246.89 m)
About

flows NW to Copper River at Wood Canyon, 63 mi. NE of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History of Tenas Creek

Named by prospectors about 1898, reported in 1901 by T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Tenas" is a Chinook name meaning "little."