Information About

Tom Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 12' 38.999" N,
131 ° 40' 41.999" W

Region

Wrangell

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Tom Creek in Detail.

About

flows SE to Bradfield Canal, 12 mi. E of its mouth at Ernest Sound, Coast mts.

History

Named in 1923 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)for an Indian who used to live at the mouth of the stream. The stream had previously been called "Grant Creek" for William D. Grant, president of the Wrangell Pulp and Paper Company.