Elevenmile Creek is a river on

Douglas Island Douglas Island is a tidal island in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is part of the city and borough of Juneau, just west of downtown Juneau and east of Admiralty Island. It is separated from mainland Juneau by the Gastineau Channel, and contains t ...

in the

City and Borough of Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

(CBJ), Alaska, United States. Its origin is in hills to the southeast and it flows northwest to

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. Historically, Fritz Cove was used for fishing by Alaska ...

, a part of Stephens Passage; it is southwest of

Entrance Point Entrance Point () is a point marking the south side of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Deception Island was known to sealers in the area as early as 1821. The point was named by the H ...

and 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. Accessed July 23, 2010. 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 A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are of ...

to Elevenmile Creek. The stream also runs through CBJ-owned land. Accessed July 23, 2010.

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Rivers of Juneau, Alaska Rivers of Alaska {{JuneauAK-geo-stub

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