Elevenmile Creek

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.

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

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. "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



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