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Category Archives: Gold Creek

Evergreen Bowl - Cope Park

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Evergreen Bowl - Cope Park

The old - circa 1908? (now demolished) 8th Street Reservoir is at the bottom left; 7th Street and Chicken Ridge are on the middle left; the Andrew P. Hope Building and part of West Willoughby Avenue are at the far upper left; part of the Casey-Shattuck addition (”The [...]

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Panorama of the Gold Creek Watershed from Mt. Juneau

Snowslide Gulch

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Snowslide Gulch at the eastern end of Last Chance Basin

Last Chance Basin is separated by a spur ridge of Mt. Roberts from downtown Juneau, Alaska. Gold Creek (looking upstream) is in the foreground and the north end of Gold Ridge on Mt. Roberts is at the upper right. The vertical distance from [...]

Gold Creek in Silver Bow Basin

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Gold Creek in Silver Bow Basin

In the far distance is Mt. Juneau (center) and the Mt. Juneau Ridge on the right. Silver Bow Basin is 2-1/2 miles east of the Capitol Building in downtown Juneau and is reached by Basin Road and the Perseverance Trail. From the time mining claims were located [...]

An Aerial View of Juneau

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Aerial View of Downtown Juneau Surrounding Gold Creek

From top to bottom: Upper right - part of Douglas Island; Gastineau Channel; Highway 7 also known as Egan Drive and formerly Outer Drive; Foodland Center on the left and Parkshore Condominiums on the right; Federal Building; Casey-Shattuck Subdivision residential area - “The Flats”; Northern [...]