Ship Creek
Ship Creek is an Alaskan river that flows from the Chugach Mountains into Cook Inlet. The Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek gave its name to the city of Anchorage that grew up nearby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: stream in Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Dghayitna‘”, “Dgheyay Leht”, “Dgheyay Tl’u”, “Dgheyaytnu”, and “Woodrow Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alaska Railroad Depot and Holy Family Old Cathedral.
Alaska Railroad Depot
Railway station
Photo: Len Turner, CC BY 2.0.
Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on.
Holy Family Old Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Family Old Cathedral, located in the commercial downtown section of Anchorage, Alaska in United States of America, was the cathedral and mother church of former Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Anchorage from the erection of that archdiocese 1966 to its canonical suppression in 2020.
United States Customs and Border Protection Service Port Anchorage
Public building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Old Federal Building in Anchorage, Alaska is a structure serving primarily as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spenard.
Spenard
Hamlet
Spenard is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States and was historically a separate city from Anchorage. The road that bears its name, Spenard Road, begins at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at its southern end, and continues north toward downtown before ending at Westchester Lagoon, where it turns and becomes part of I Street. Spenard is situated 2½ miles south of Ship Creek.
Ship Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Ship Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Ship Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ship Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Alaska, Anchorage Municipality)”
- Cebuano: “Ship Creek”
- French: “Ship Creek”
- German: “Ship Creek”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dgheyay Kaq‘ and Government Hill Federal Housing Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brown’s Point Cottages and Resolution Park.
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