Information About

Wheeler Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 3' 32" N,
134 ° 47' 40.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Wheeler Creek in Detail.

About

near NW coast of Admiralty I., flows NNW to Game Cove on Chatham Strait, 22 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named for Frank Wheeler, an early settler along the creek. Name reported in 1928 by U.S. Forest Service (USFS).

Topo Maps

Juneau A-3 (1948), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau A-3 (1997), Juneau A-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Wheeler Creek

Bars:

Hanus Reef, Horse Shoal, North Ledge,

Bays:

Coot Cove, Crab Cove, Cube Cove, Curlew Ledge, False Bay, Funter Bay, Game Cove, Hawk Inlet, Iyoukeen Cove, Jims Cove, Piledriver Cove, Pileriver Cove, Square Cove, Young Bay,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Point Augusta, Clear Point, Cube Point, False Arden, Flints Point, Hawk Point, Inner Point, Iyoukeen Peninsula, Mansfield Peninsula, Point Marsden, Middle Point, North Passage Point,

Islands:

Bare Island, Colt Island, Gauge Island, Horse Island, The Kittens, Ledge Island, Naked Island, Rat Island, Scull Island, Star Rock, Station Island,

Lakes:

Lake Kathleen, Peanut Lake,

Mine:

Admiralty Mine, Alaska Dano Mine, Alaska Empire Mine, Kaiser Gypsum Mine,

Mountains:

Green Mountain, Mount Robert Barron, Snowy Mountain,

Parks:

Funter Bay State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Sonyakay Ridge,

Streams:

Fowler Creek, Greens Creek, Gypsum Creek, Iyouktug Creek, Ward Creek, Wheeler Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Routes:

Bear Creek Trail,

Cities:

Cube Cove, Funter, Hawk Inlet,