Elevenmile Creek is a river

River

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 on Douglas Island

Douglas Island

Douglas Island is a tidal island in the U.S. state of Alaska, just west of downtown Juneau and east of Admiralty Island. It is separated from mainland Juneau by the Gastineau Channel. The Juneau-Douglas Bridge, connecting the island with Juneau, provides a two lane road to and from the island and...

 in the City and Borough of Juneau

Juneau, Alaska

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 (CBJ), Alaska

Alaska

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, United States. Its origin is in hills to the southeast and it flows northwest to Fritz Cove

Fritz Cove

Fritz Cove is a bay on the northwestern coast of Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Lying in Stephens Passage, it is northwest of the city of Juneau....

, a part of Stephens Passage

Stephens Passage

Stephens Passage is a channel in the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs between Admiralty Island to the west and the Alaska mainland and Douglas Island to the east, and is about 170 km long...

; 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. The name was supplied by the United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

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 in 1962 and it was entered into the Geographic Names Information System

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 on March 31, 1981.

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

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

See also

• Fish Creek
  Fish Creek (Douglas Island, Juneau, Alaska)
  Fish Creek is a river on Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Its origin is Cropley Lake, and it flows into Fritz Cove, a part of Stephens Passage. It is northwest of the city of Juneau....
  
   and Ninemile Creek
  Ninemile Creek (Juneau, Alaska)
  Ninemile Creek is a river on Douglas Island in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, United States. Its origin is in hills to the southeast and it flows northwest to Gastineau Channel near West Juneau; it is east of Entrance Point and northwest of the city of Juneau.The name was supplied by...
  
  are nearby streams on Douglas Island.