Information About

Toby Creek

Toby Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2536 ft (772.97 m)
About

heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to Chitistone River, 3.1 mi. NE of junction with Glacier Creek, 21 mi. NE of McCarthy, Wrangell Mts.

History of Toby Creek

Local name reported in 1907 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name may have been derived from "tebay" which Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 54), USA, says is an Indian word for "a variety of sheep."