Zipper Creek is a river 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 ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, United States. Located northeast of the city of Juneau, its origin is in the Brassiere Hills. It flows southward past

Taku Glacier Taku Glacier (Lingít: ''T'aaḵú Ḵwáan Sít'i'') is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, just southeast of the city of Juneau. Recognized as the deepest and thickest alpine temperate glacier known in the wor ...

and ends at the head of

Taku Inlet Taku Inlet is an inlet located in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends in a northeast direction from Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago, about southeast of Juneau, widening to a basin where discharge from the Taku River and Taku Glacie ...

. Nancy Bartley of ''

The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington (s ...

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