Elevenmile Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDouglas Island
Mouth 
 • location
Fritz Cove,
Stephens Passage
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)

Elevenmile Creek is a river on Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), Alaska, United States. Its origin is in hills to the southeast and it flows northwest to Fritz Cove, a part of Stephens Passage; it is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southwest of Entrance Point and 8.6 miles (13.8 km) west of the city of Juneau.

The name refers to the stream's location, between the ten- and eleven-mile markers of the North Douglas Highway.[1]</ref>

A chemical water quality record for the stream dates to 1967.[2] A 1986 panning of water from Elevenmile Creek exhibited a small amount of lead.[3]

A wood harvest area owned by the state of Alaska extends south of the highway from Cove Creek to Elevenmile Creek.[1] The stream also runs through CBJ-owned land.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "City and Borough of Juneau Tree Cutting Policy" (PDF). (1.22 MB) Accessed July 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Streamflow and Water Quality Records - Southeast Alaska" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-24. (57.38 KB) United States Geological Survey. December 18, 1998. Accessed July 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Juneau Gold Belt Area, 1986 Update" (PDF). (2.48 MB) United States Department of the Interior. Accessed July 23, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Unit 10a - Northwest Douglas Island" (PDF). (1.26 MB) Accessed July 23, 2010.

58°19′12″N 134°38′36″W / 58.32000°N 134.64333°W / 58.32000; -134.64333



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