Lemon Creek (
Lingít
The Tlingit ( or ; also spelled Tlinkit) are indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their language is the Tlingit language (natively , pronounced ), : ''Eixh'gulhéen'') is a neighborhood in
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 ...
,
Alaska,
United States. It is northwest of downtown Juneau. It is the site of the
Lemon Creek Correctional Center. The neighborhood is bisected by the namesake
Lemon Creek, which provides runoff for local glaciers.
The area is mixed use, and contains heavy concentrations of housing and industrial areas. An industrial park in the area includes Juneau's
Costco and
The Home Depot stores, as well as the
Alaskan Brewing Company
Alaskan Brewing Company is a brewery in Juneau, Alaska founded in 1986. The company's beers have won awards at regional, national, and international beer competitions.
The brewery was founded by Marcy and Geoff Larson, they are still in charge of ...
. Also in the neighborhood are the headquarters of both the
Juneau Police Department and
Alaska Electric Light & Power
Alaska Electric Light & Power, also known as AEL&P, is the power utility for Juneau, the capital city of Alaska. AEL&P gets their electricity primarily through the Snettisham hydroelectric power plant, located in an uninhabited region Southeast ...
. The area is the location of the cities primary
landfill
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, and city operated
hazardous waste
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collection facility as well.
The Lemon name is said to come from traveling miner
John Lemon, who reportedly had a
placer mine
Placer mining () is the mining of stream bed (alluvial) deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit (also called open-cast mining) or by various surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment.
Placer mining is frequently used for pr ...
on the creek in 1879.
Demographics
Lemon Creek appeared once on the 1970 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was merged into the city of Juneau the same year.
References
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Populated places in Juneau, Alaska